Local elections were held in
Krems an der Donau
Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or ''Statutarstad ...
on 7 October 2007. The
ÖVP
The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is curr ...
held its majority; while the
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
increased its share of votes and seats, it failed to displace the ÖVP as the largest party in the city council. In addition to ÖVP, SPÖ,
FPÖ
The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aus ...
and the
Grüne, three other parties stood:
* ''Kommunisten und Linkssozialisten'' (KLS, Communists and Left Socialists)
* ''Zahlende Öffentlichkeit contra Hochverschuldung'' (ZÖCH, Paying Public against High Indebtation)
* ''Gerechtigkeit für Krems'' (GFK, Justice for Krems)
The ÖVP held their 20 mandates, the SPÖ saw an increase of three for a total of 16, while the FPÖ lost one and the Greens lost two, resulting in two and one mandate, respectively. The Communists and Left Socialists held their single mandate.
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2007 elections in Austria
October 2007 in Europe
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