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Mayoral election Linz

Which color will govern Linz in the future will be decided today - or at least which two candidates will make it to the run-off.

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A few months ago, the city of Linz was rocked by a scandal involving SPÖ mayor Klaus Luger - today it will be decided who will succeed him and lead the city in the future. It is also exciting to see whether the failure of the government negotiations in federal politics will have an impact on the election in Linz. The "Krone" reports on all developments in its live ticker.

The most important facts in brief:

• The election in Linz is the first time the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS go to the polls after the failure of the government negotiations. It will be interesting to see whether the developments in federal politics will have an impact on the city of Linz.

• After eleven years, Klaus Luger had to resign as mayor of Linz last summer because he had sent the hearing documents to the now dismissed Brucknerhaus director Dietmar Kerschbaum before his appointment and had not told the truth about them.

• The candidates for mayor are: Dietmar Prammer (SPÖ), Martin Hajart (ÖVP), Eva Schobesberger (Greens), Michael Raml (FPÖ), Lorenz Potocnik (Linz+), Georg Redlhammer (NEOS) and Gerlinde Grünn (KPÖ) 

• Who knows Linz best? The "Krone" has invited all candidates to the big Linz quiz in advance. Test here how much you would have known.

Election day in the krone.at ticker:

Results of the last mayoral election
In the last mayoral election in Linz in 2021, Klaus Luger (SPÖ) won with 43.7 percent of the vote ahead of Bernhard Baier (ÖVP) with 16.4 percent, Eva Schobesberger (Greens) with 14.6 percent and Markus Hein (FPÖ) with 12 percent.