[HIGHLIGHTS] Green is ahead in the mayoral election in Innsbruck: preliminary results of the election are in

The Greens became the strongest force ahead of the FPÖ. The conservative ÖVP lost heavily with its electoral alliance.

The big winner of the evening is Johannes Anzengruber, who split off from the ÖVP with his own list. The left-wing Alternative Liste Innsbruck (ALI), which was still at a good 2 percent in 2018, was able to record gains. The Tyrolean regional party FRITZ also gained around two percent. A runoff election against ex-ÖVP man AnzENGruber is looming.. The Green incumbent Georg Willi is running first against Johannes. Anz Engruber in the runoff election at the end of April. The Greens are in first place in the local council with 22.89 percent of the vote. The FPÚ is in second place with 15.41 percent. The Austrian Social Democrats were pleased with the result of the Inns bruck election. Mayoral candidate Elisabet Mayr told ORF that a “new start’s social democracy” had been achieved.