OB election 2020 in Munich: All candidates for the state capital

OB election 2020 in Munich: when is the date? Which candidates stand in the local election against incumbent Dieter Reiter (SPD)?

• Ballot box in Munich: On March 15, 2020, Munich will elect its new mayor .
• A total of 13 challengers compete against incumbent Dieter Reiter (SPD) .
• You can find all results from Munich on election evening in our large review article.

+++ Results of the OB election in Munich +++

+++ Results of the Munich City Council election +++

Here you can find all information about the election of the Mayor in Munich:

When is the date for the 2020 OB election in Munich? Who are the candidates? Can you remove incumbent riders from the throne? Who is in the lead in the polls for the Munich OB election?

You can read all the latest news on local elections throughout Bavaria in our news ticker.

When is the 2020 OB election in Munich?

Also in the local elections in Bavaria, if you don't make it to the poll, you can vote with the letter.

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• The OB election in Munich will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
• A new city council is also elected.
• The runoff election will take place two weeks later, on Sunday, March 29, 2020. If no candidate receives the absolute majority of votes in the first ballot (more than 50 percent), the two candidates with the most votes will be put into the run-off.
• With a total of 14 candidates, it can be assumed that there will be a runoff election in the 2020 OB election in Munich.
• City councilor Dieter Reiter (61) from the SPD , Green Katrin Habenschaden (41) and CSU applicant Kristina Frank (38) are the favorites for the OB election .

What are the special features of local elections?

Every six years, Bavaria's citizens are asked to vote at the ballot boxes to decide on mandates in 2,000 municipalities and in 71 counties. In comparison to the general election, the person goes over the party in the local election. This means that voters have the opportunity to vote for individual people - even from multiple parties. In order to completely design your own city ​​and town council or district council .

We will tell you how to fill out the ballot papers correctly for the 2020 local elections and what you need the election notification for. Postal voting is also possible in the 2020 local elections in Bavaria.

OB-election Munich 2020: These 14 applicants want to go to the town hall

• Dieter Reiter (SPD)
• Kristina Frank (CSU)
• Katrin Habenschaden (Greens)
• Hans-Peter Mehling (Free Voters)
• Wolfgang Wiehle (AfD)
• Jörg Hoffmann (FDP)
• Tobias Ruff (ÖDP)
• Thomas Lechner (left)
• Richard Progl (Bavaria Party)
• Ender Beyhan-Bilgin (FAIR)
• Dirk Höpner (Munich list)
• Stephanie Dilba (courage)
• Moritz Weixkler (The PARTY)
• Cetin Oraner (ZuBa)

As a reminder: In the last mayoral election so far, Dieter Reiter (SPD) and Josef Schmid (CSU) had to be in the runoff election . Two women are now preparing to force the incumbent into the second ballot. We present the favorites at the OB election 2020 in Munich .

The CSU candidate at the 2020 OB election in Munich: Kristina Frank

Kristina Frank is the expected CSU candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich.

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Kristina Frank (38) is the candidate who will be sent into the race against OB Reiter by the CSU 2020 - so far she has stopped at nothing. First, she went through a steep legal career as a judge at the Munich Regional Court. Then, just four years after moving to the Munich city council, she won the recognition of her party colleagues on the district committee, so that she finally became municipal councilor in August 2018.

The CSU candidate is fresh, colorful, modern and liberal. She doesn't just want to appeal to young voters with yoga: on her website she shows herself climbing in the mountains, playing sports in the gym or on a theater stage. Kristina Frank presents herself as environmentally conscious, prefers to avoid the car and instead jumps on the bike - she wants to encourage Munich to be more sustainable.

In an interview with Munich's Merkur , Kristina Frank says: “Climate protection, sustainability and environmental awareness are very important to me personally. Together with Munich's other pressing problems, we have to take care of it. The special needs of young people in an expensive and demanding city like Munich have to be addressed specifically. "

Nevertheless, it should also score with conservative parts of the CSU. She is married to the former management consultant Felix Frank. The two live together with their son Ferdinand in beautiful Neuhausen. She will also enjoy the backing of CSU Prime Minister Markus Söder, as she can be seen as the personification of his desire to structure the party “younger and more female”.

Kristina Frank is the CSU candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich.

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When asked in an interview with Munich's Merkur whether she sees OB Reiter or Greens candidate Habenschaden as the main opponent in the 2020 local elections in Bavaria, Kristina Frank replies extremely diplomatically: "The incumbent is always the one against whom you have to win."

Nor does she want to reveal whether she feels politically closer to the SPD man or the Green woman: "In local politics, ideas should not be about feelings, but about meaningful solutions to the problems in our city."

OB election 2020 in Munich: Talk-Bike for Kristina Frank

Already with her nomination speech at the beginning of June 2019, Frank tightened the tone in the event location "Hoch5" - with personal attacks against the OB. At a dizzy height, she literally climbed onto the roof.

The spicy: Frank is the city's municipal officer, and her party rules in Munich together with the SPD. But she doesn't like the way Reiter leads the city of millions. For example, that the Monday rounds of discussions with the speakers would be carried out in 15 minutes. How should there be clear guidelines, agreements and cooperation? Frank: "It can't go on like this!"

In general, Frank attests the OB a miserable certificate in terms of creative administration. In the future, Munich will be even more concerned with the targeted promotion of high-quality cultural projects, says the lawyer and adds: “But for that we need a mayor who is interested in culture at all.

Kristina Frank presents the 2020 municipal election as an important choice of direction for Munich:

"Do people want a patronizing red-green Munich or a casual-pragmatic, middle-class Munich?"

The latter is only possible with a mayor who is at the cutting edge and who embodies passion, responsibility and a sense of proportion. "So a mayor of the CSU." She converts the saying laptop and lederhosen into a feminine "dirndl and digitization".

The Greens' candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich: Katrin Habenschaden

© Katrin Habenschaden is the candidate of the Greens for the 2020 OB election in Munich

Katrin Habenschaden is the Greens' candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich. The OB candidate of the Greens (42) was elected by her party in March 2019 with 97.7 percent. But that's not all: with 99 percent of the votes valid, damage to property was officially voted OB candidate in September 2019 at the Greens assembly for the 2020 local election list.

Katrin Habenschaden is married, has two children and lives in Aubing . So not in one of the hip central districts, where the Greens achieved record results of over 40 percent in the state parliament and now in the European elections. She has been on the city council since 2014.

In an image film she cycles through Munich, jogs, feeds sheep and is annoyed about delays in the S-Bahn. Born in Nuremberg, she has been on the city council since 2014. Your appearance is rather unpretentious. As a politician, the new front woman of the Munich Greens always pays attention to elegant clothing.

Many actually thought that Katharina Schulze, parliamentary group leader, would challenge Dieter Reiter. But the face of the Bavarian Greens feels better cared for in state politics - as a constant sting in the flesh of Prime Minister Markus Söder . However, Schulze is part of the narrow circle of Habenschaden's campaign team.

Habenschaden attacked the political opponent during her speech at the city party congress in front of 200 greens in the Kesselhaus (Freimann): the GroKo! They do too little - especially when it comes to local public transport. "Public transport has exceeded the load limit if a balloon can already paralyze the entire main route."

Katrin Habenschaden is a Green Party candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich.

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The big cooperation should be replaced: "It does not understand the problems of this time." There is no response, decisions are put on the back burner with studies and exams. The West Tram tangent called “Habenschaden”, which could have already been decided - the CSU had delayed it with more and more tests: “The traffic turnaround cannot come.”

Katrin Habenschaden wants to become Mayor of Munich - and to advance these issues

Damage to homes also wants to build, that is the biggest social problem in this city. "If we build, we would rather use it in height than in width." At the same time, as much green space as possible should be preserved. That remains a tightrope walk - even for the Greens.

As the group leader of the Greens in Munich City Hall, career changer Katrin Habenschaden has a soft spot for numbers and strategy. As a trained banker and graduate in business administration with a penchant for economic and financial policy, she focuses on political issues such as economic policy , Munich companies and solid city finances, as well as the compatibility of work and family life - a topic that affects her personally.

Perhaps it can also benefit from the current highs of the Greens. In the 2019 European elections, the Greens consolidated their top position, got 31.2 percent in Munich - and were even the strongest force in Freising (city). Munich's Green OB candidate Katrin Habenschaden commented on the evening of the election: “With this election, too, you notice that the socio-ecological movement is getting stronger and that we are getting on the right nerve. The successes in the state or federal elections were no exception and are not only due to the party's top staff. "

"The state election was obviously not a flash in the pan," announced the green parliamentary group leader, Ludwig Hartmann , after the European elections. And he added with euphoria: "We can now speak seriously of the goal of hiring a green mayor soon."

In an interview with Munich's Merkur, Habenschaden revealed that the support of her family in particular encouraged the 41-year-old: “My family was involved in the decision-making process. My children supported and encouraged me. That touched me very much. They said they're proud when I try it. My husband and parents also agreed to support me regardless of how much time they are now taking. However, my husband and I already share half of our work and childcare . ”

OB election Munich 2020: Katrin Habenschaden (Greens) wants to triumph

Of course, it will not neglect the central demands of the Greens in Munich, that of the mobility turnaround. She only joined the party in 2009 and in 2020 she is running for the post of Mayor of Munich. Katrin Habenschaden's career is by no means a happy coincidence, but the result of a well-thought-out, calculated partisan career .

Such a calculation and focus on business and finance seems quite surprising for a Greens candidate. The double mother from Aubing, however, also has roots in nature. On a voluntary basis, she works as a forest and wilderness teacher and wants to bring nature back to city children. That is why environmental protection and the preservation of Munich open spaces through sustainable urban development are at the top of their flag.

The SPD candidate for the 2020 OB election in Munich: Dieter Reiter

© Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter will again run for office

A man you hardly have to introduce in Munich: Dieter Reiter replaced his party colleague Christian Ude in 2014 as OB because Ude was no longer allowed to compete due to age. For the SPD and riders, the past few years were no easy task: in the state elections, his party lost almost 11 percent and he lost 17 kilos in three months. But: Reiter is still the favorite in the three-way fight with the two women. His sympathy ratings remain high.

Reiter can hope for his official bonus. So far, there is no indication that the pull effect of the SPD downward trend will also pull him personally into the basement.

OB election 2020 in Munich: Mayor Dieter Reiter in an interview

With regard to the 2020 local elections , he was critical in the interview: “Even if one assumes that local elections run differently. The number of regular voters has decreased, also in Munich. A "keep it up" may and will never exist. We as the SPD have to answer the basic question: Why is social democracy more important than ever? Here we have to provide answers and - content - regardless of personnel questions. "

Main topics of OB Reiter will continue to be living and mobility in Munich. He also sees a need for action on the part of the city when it comes to voluntary social benefits and the well-being of the weaker. His attitude towards right ideas was shown on March 6th. Then he will accompany an anti-AfD demo alongside other top politicians and celebrities.

Even after the disaster result of the SPD in Munich at the 2019 European elections (11.4 percent), Reiter wants to make it clear to voters that “the outstanding success of Munich is inextricably linked to the SPD”. Munich is not only economically successful, but above all "social, cosmopolitan and innovative".

Mayor Dieter Reiter can hope for his official bonus at the 2020 OB election in Munich.

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European and federal issues have a different horizon than municipal tasks. In Munich, it is primarily about housing construction , cheap rents , the expansion of local transport , bike paths or parking spaces . These are the things that concern people. "The construction of an Isar river pool is definitely not a deciding factor in the well-being of the municipal elections," adds Reiter.

The Munich election arena in the video: Habenschaden, Frank and Reiter in a heated exchange of blows

OB election 2020 in Munich: What do the latest polls say?

The incumbent should like this message: Dieter Reiter (SPD) is the clear favorite in the race in the OB election. This is the result of the current INSA survey commissioned by tz , Münchner Merkur and 95.5 Charivari .

Accordingly, on March 15, 49 percent of Munich residents would opt for riders (61) - the incumbent scores especially with older Munich residents. Greens candidate Katrin Habenschaden (42) is 17 percent , Kristina Frank (38) from the CSU is 16 .

The survey was carried out by INSA between February 19 and 25. 1009 people took part. According to the new numbers from INSA, it is not certain that there will be a runoff election at all. Reiter is currently just under the 50.1 percent that is at least necessary for a victory in the first ballot.

In the event of a runoff election, it is still unclear who could achieve this due to the narrow lead in property damage. In addition to Reiter, Habenschaden and Frank, there are eleven other OB candidates. According to INSA, these do not play a role. All other applicants land under five percent. All in all, the eleven candidates received 18 percent of the vote, which would give each an average of 1.6 percent.

Review: This was the last OB election in Munich

In the 2014 OB election , Reiter won 40 percent of the vote in the first ballot and won against Josef Schmid (CSU) in the runoff election with almost 57 percent. The candidate of the Greens Sabine Nallinger did not make it into the runoff election with almost 15 percent. FDP man Michael Mattar also failed in the first ballot.

In 2020, the distribution of seats in the Munich City Council will probably change, so it is about the current composition:

Local elections Munich 2020: "Serious majority only with black and green"?

A coalition of the SPD and CSU rules in Munich's city hall. It remains to be seen what will happen after the 2020 local elections.

In an interview with Munich's Merkur , Manuel Pretzl , Mayor and Group Chairman of the Rathaus-CSU, explained his party's willingness to join the alliance: “The goal of the CSU is to become the strongest force in the city of Munich. Then there will only be a serious majority with us. ”

Pretzl assumes that the CSU and the Greens could rule with each other in Munich with almost no conflict: “The only real differences are in traffic policy. For example, we carried out the general renovation of the Gasteig together with the Greens against the SPD. There are enough topics on which we can work with the Greens. "

OB election 2020: These Bavarian cities are also looking for a new head of city

Munich is not the only one to elect a new mayor. All other cities and municipalities in Bavaria also occupy the highest office in the city in the course of the local elections. Merkur.de * presents the candidates of the largest cities in the following articles:

• Nuremberg
• augsburg
• regensburg
• Ingolstadt
• Passau

* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the nationwide Ippen editorial network.

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