Local elections in NRW
In these cities, the runoff election must decide
After the election, it is before the election: In 21 cities, the NRW citizens have to vote on their mayors again. The AfD also has opportunities.
The local election in the most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia was the first major mood test a few months after the federal election. Nationwide, the citizens decided on the composition of city councils, district councils, municipal councils and regional meetings.
In addition, numerous mayors and district councilors were available. The election took place in 427 municipalities, including 396 cities and municipalities and 31 circles.
The CDU and the AfD were particularly satisfied with the preliminary result on Monday. For the North Rhine-Westphalian CDU general secretary Paul Ziemiak, the result of the Christian Democrats is “A great success”as he said on Deutschlandfunk. The CDU is “Local Party number one”. The party was able to hold its result in comparison to the last local elections despite the national trend.
Euphoria, on the other hand, at the AfD: head of state Martin Vincentz spoke of one “Recorder result” for his party. “Our AfD is the winner of this local election”he said.
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As can be seen from the preliminary election result published by the state election manager in early Monday morning, 33.3 percent of the votes for the CDU of Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst. Compared to the local election five years ago, the CDU lost 1.0 percentage points according to the preliminary results. The SPD came to 22.1 percent in the election and thus lost 2.2 points.
The AfD was able to significantly improve its result by 9.4 points to 14.5 percent. The Greens ruling at the state level in North Rhine-Westphalia fell to 13.5 percent by 6.5 points. The left reached 5.6 percent – an increase of 1.8 points. The FDP came to 3.7 percent and thus lost 1.9 points. The BSW reached 1.1 percent.
The election in NRW has not yet been decided
Overall, only two mayors’ posts in the first ballot were decided in the local elections in NRW. In 21 cases, voters have the floor again on September 28 in a runoff election.
As the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of the Interior announced, the previous Mayor Marc Herter (SPD) remains in office in Hamm. He was re -elected with 63.6 percent of the votes. In Herne, the long -time OB Frank Dudda (SPD) continues to be head of the town hall – he came to 51.5 percent approval.
In contrast, none of the applicants and none of the applicants won more than half of the valid votes in 21 independent cities. Here it will be selected in the OB in almost two weeks. This also applies to the district elections in 15 cases. According to the ministry, only 14 district administrators were initially elected in the first ballot. In three cities, the AfD reached the runoff election around the mayor’s post: in Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg and Hagen.
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There should also be a runoff election to several candidates for mayor. At first there was no information.
Like the SPD before, Ziemiak also confirmed that the upcoming stitch elections would be right against AfD candidates. “For us as a democrat it is clear: if we now go into these stab elections that we as Democrats support each other”he said on Deutschlandfunk. He can promise that and also expect others. Previously, NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and the SPD NRW CO state chairman Sarah Philipp had already stated to support the respective opponent against the AfD applicant in stab elections on September 28.
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