Of the 250,400 eligible voters in the , 12.57 percent have thus applied for a voting card. This is significantly more than in the 2020 state election. At that time, it was 8.46 percent, the state election authority reported on Friday. 27,949 voting cards have been returned to the municipalities in due time. The remaining ones can still be handed in at a polling station in the constituency on Sunday.

Burgenland Election: Deadline for Voting Cards Ended on Friday

The number of eligible voters has meanwhile increased by one person and now stands exactly at 250,400, although the final number was already determined on December 18. One person had lodged an objection and the decision of the state administrative court in this case was only available after this deadline, the state media service said to APA on Friday evening. The person was right, was entered into the electoral register and is thus also eligible to vote.

Voting cards were particularly popular in Central and South Burgenland. In the Güssing district, 14.13 percent of eligible voters applied, in the Oberpullendorf district 13.57 percent and in the Jennersdorf district 13.14 percent. The least interest was recorded in the Mattersburg district with 10.57 percent. In absolute numbers, the two constituencies with the most eligible voters were ahead: In Eisenstadt, Rust and the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district, a total of 6,336 voting cards were issued. In the Neusiedl am See district, it was 6,059. The deadline for oral applications ended on Friday at 12 noon. By 2 p.m., the voting cards of the postal voters had to be returned to the municipalities in order to be counted. According to the state election authority, they can also still be handed in at a polling station in the constituency on Sunday.

(APA/Red)

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