"Krone" analysis

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Only four percent of Austrian voters are Burgenland residents. Nevertheless, the election is a first test of the mood in the country.

(Bild: Antal Imre)

Today, around 250,000 eligible voters in Burgenland elect their 36 representatives to the provincial parliament. Admittedly, only just under four percent of all Austrian voters are Burgenland residents. However, after the turbulence of forming a government and the many internal party conflicts within the ÖVP and SPÖ, this is a test of national sentiment.

1. not only Simmering against Kapfenberg in soccer, but also Andreas Babler against Hans Peter Doskozil in the SPÖ, that is brutality. Which leads to the curious situation that Babler gets rid of his fiercest opponent the worse his own party does in Burgenland. Or Doskozil is stronger than ever if he retains an absolute majority, contrary to the national trend.