Before the election in Neumarkt:

Neumarkt municipal elections

The ÖVP with Mayor Josef Maier recently won ten out of 21 municipal councillors.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Jürgen Fuchs)

Neumarkt is a political grab bag, so forecasts should be taken with a pinch of salt. Josef Maier, an ÖVP candidate, has been mayor for ten years, but the municipality is traditionally good ground for the FPÖ. The Red and Green parties are also hopeful going into the election. 

Neumarkt would probably have liked to have done without these headlines: During the current municipal council term, the municipality sued representatives of the Zukunft Neues Neumarkt (ZNN) list for defamation - and lost at the Supreme Court. The case concerned harsh wording and criticism of other political groups in ZNN mailings. The ruling is seen as an example of how much local politicians have to endure.