Centre-left 候補者 (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域s 共産主義者 in Salzburg 市長の run-off

VIENNA, March 24 (Reuters) - The centre-left 副 市長 of Salzburg, Bernhard Auinger, (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 his 共産主義者 競争相手 Kay-Michael Dankl in a run-off 投票(する) for 市長 on Sunday and 誓約(する)d to work with him after Dankl 焦点(を合わせる)d on high 住宅 costs in one of Austria's hardest-攻撃する,衝突する cities.

Dankl, 35, led his party to second place in this month's city 会議 選挙, の近くに behind Auinger's Social 民主党員s. Just 821 投票(する)s separated the two men in the separate, first-一連の会議、交渉/完成する 投票(する) for 市長 of the country's fourth largest city, best known to tourists as the home of Mozart and "The Sound of Music".

"Apart from the day I met my wife and the birth of my two wonderful daughters, today is definitely the happiest day of my life," Auinger, 50, said in a 声明 to the マスコミ と一緒に Dankl after he 現れるd the (疑いを)晴らす 勝利者 with most 投票(する)s counted from the second 一連の会議、交渉/完成する.

With all but 郵便の 投票(する)s counted, he had 63.1% of the 投票(する) to Dankl's 36.9%.

"I believe that Kay will be a strong 新規加入 to our city 政府. I am 納得させるd that we will work together excellently," Auinger said. While Austria's second city, Graz, already has a 共産主義者 市長, winning in Salzburg would have been a rare 勝利 for a party not even in 国家の 議会.

Auinger told Reuters last week that Dankl's 誓約(する) to build 1,000 部隊s of subsidised 賃貸しの 住宅 a year to 緩和する the city's 住宅 危機 was unrealistic, 示唆するing 1,500 over five years instead.

But he did say he favoured putting Dankl in 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 of 住宅 in the city.

"That four out of 10 投票者s gave us their 信用 in today's 選挙 shows that many people want a different social 政策," Dankl said.

Speaking to Puls 24 television later, Dankl 追加するd: "The 重要な 問題/発行する in Salzburg is that 住宅 costs continue to rise. The city 政府 could do something about that, for example by 投資するing more in subsidised 賃貸しの accommodation," he said.

"The misappropriation of living space through Airbnb, 憶測 and 空いている apartments could be better brought under 支配(する)/統制する." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Francois Murphy Editing by フランs Kerry)

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