In protest against the new edition of black and blue and the curtailment of their department around the core issue of social issues, the SP did not vote for him. The Greens and NEOS had signaled their approval, so the vaccination-critical MFG Stelzer may not have given the vote.
“Anyone who, like Stelzer, accumulates power and pushes responsibility for their own mistakes, we cannot express our confidence in them,” said SP club chairman Michael Lindner, justifying the unanimous decision of the parliamentary group not to vote for Stelzer. His “dealing with other democratically elected forces” also caused displeasure: “He does not negotiate, but at best shares decisions,” he said, referring to the new division of responsibilities.
Stelzer had taken over this office from Governor Josef Phringer (VP) within the past legislative period in April 2017. At that time he received 51 of 55 valid votes. This year the VP with LH Stelzer entered the poll on September 26th for the first time. Although the blacks clearly defended their first place, they only gained 1.2 percentage points and now hold at 37.6 percent. The coalition partner FP, however, fell by 10.6 percentage points to 19.8 percent. The SP was at least able to stop its slide in the two previous elections. However, she missed her goal of getting over the 20 percent mark again with 18.6 percent. The Greens gained two percentage points to 12.3 percent. After failing in 2015, the NEOS narrowly made it into the state parliament with 4.2 percent in the second attempt. The vaccine-skeptical MFG reached 6.2 percent from a standing start.
27 of 56 mandataries are new to the state parliament
The state parliament is waiting for a multitude of new faces in the coming legislative period. Of the 56 mandataries, 27 are represented in the state parliament for the first time. With five out of a total of seven members, the Green Club has the highest percentage of newcomers. In absolute numbers, VP is leading with nine newcomers.
. For the first time for the blacks, Margit Angerlehner, Astrid Zehetmair, Michael Nell, Josef Naderer, Gnther Lengauer, Klaus Mhlbacher, Florian Grnberger, Elisabeth Gneil and Christian Mader are sitting in the state parliament. The renewals were made by Helena Kirchmayr, Georg Ecker, Elisabeth Manhal, Gertraud Scheiblberger, Anton Froschauer, Josef Rathgeb, Peter Csar, Peter Oberlehner, Regina Aspalter and Rudolf Raffelsberger. The previous First President of the Landtag, Wolfgang Stanek, will become a simple member of parliament after ex-Provincial Councilor Max Hiegelsberger takes over this function from him. The parliamentary group continues to lead club chairman Christian Drfel.
Stefanie Hofmann and Thomas Dim are moving into the state parliament for the FP. In addition, the previous regional councilor, Wolfgang Klinger, is now a member of the regional parliament. Club chairman Herwig Mahr, Peter Handlos, Michael Fischer, Franz Graf, Michael Gruber, Rudolf Kroi and David Schiel keep their mandates. Sabine Binder becomes second president of the state parliament.
At the SP, Tobias Hglinger, Sabine Engleitner-Neu, Mario Haas, Thomas Antlinger and Renate Heitz move into the state parliament for the first time. Peter Binder, who is rising to become the third president of the state parliament, as well as club chairman Michael Lindner, Hans Karl Schaller, Gabriele Knauseder, Heidi-Maria Strauss and Doris Margreiter remain.
With the Greens, Anne Sophie Bauer, Rudolf Hemetsberger, Ines Vukajlović, Dagmar Engel and Reinhard Ammer join the club chairman Severin Mayr and the established MP Ulrike Schwarz. The MFG clubs, consisting of Joachim Aigner, Dagmar Husler and club chairman Manuel Krautgartner, as well as NEOS with club chairman Felix Eypeltauer and Julia Bammer are new at all in the state parliament.
