All 48 seats in the Gemeinderat of Graz 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
120,689 (54.0%) 3.4%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Elke Kahr
Siegfried Nagl
Judith Schwentner
Party
KPÖ
ÖVP
Greens
Last election
10 seats, 20.3%
19 seats, 37.8%
5 seats, 10.5%
Seats won
15
13
9
Seat change
5
6
4
Popular vote
34,283
30,797
20,593
Percentage
28.8%
25.9%
17.3%
Swing
8.5%
11.9%
6.8%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Mario Eustacchio
Michael Ehmann
Philipp Pointner
Party
FPÖ
SPÖ
NEOS
Last election
8 seats, 15.9%
5 seats, 10.0%
1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won
5
4
2
Seat change
3
1
1
Popular vote
12,612
11,325
6,447
Percentage
10.6%
9.5%
5.4%
Swing
5.3%
0.5%
1.5%
Winning party by municipal district.
Mayor before election
Siegfried Nagl
ÖVP
Elected Mayor
Elke Kahr
KPÖ
The 2021 Graz local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Gemeinderat of Graz.
The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) became the largest party for the first time in the city's history, winning 29% of votes cast. The previous governing party, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), fell from 38% to second place with 26%. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) also suffered losses and finished in fourth place on 11%, while The Greens moved into third with 17%. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) recorded a slight decline to 9.5%. NEOS – The New Austria won 5.4% and gained a second seat.[1][2]
Siegfried Nagl, ÖVP mayor of Graz since 2003, announced that he would resign in light of his party's poor result. The KPÖ subsequently formed a coalition with the Greens and SPÖ, and Elke Kahr was elected mayor by the Gemeinderat on 17 November with 28 out of 46 votes. She became the first female mayor of Graz and first communist mayor of an Austrian city.[3][4]
^"Communist party wins municipal election in Austrian city". Associated Press. Berlin. 27 September 2021.
^Leonhard, Ralf (27 September 2021). "KPÖ wins municipal council elections: Graz hears the signals". Die Tageszeitung (in German).
^"Livestream: Elke Kahr is Graz mayor". ORF (in German). 17 November 2021.
^Gonzalez, Jenipher Camino (17 November 2021). "Austrian city swears in first-ever communist mayor". Deutsche Welle.
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