In the municipal election in Augsburg there is a runoff election. The Greens are not in the second round of the OB election despite record results.
- The OB election in Augsburg did not produce a clear winner in the first ballot.
- Eva Weber (CSU) is the favorite in the runoff on March 29.
- The Greens OB candidate missed the runoff election by 0.3 percentage points .
Augsburg - The race for the runoff * between the SPD and the Greens in Augsburg has been as short as seldom: Dirk Wurm is the candidate for the office of mayor (OB). He won 18.8 percent of the votes cast in the first ballot. The OB candidate Martina Wild (Greens) came to 18.5 percent . CSU applicant Eva Weber was 43.1 percent ahead of both in the first round of the OB 2020 election in Augsburg . Since no one won more than 50 percent of the votes, the runoff between the two strongest candidates will take place.
On election day, March 29, you will receive all information on the run-off election in the local election ticker for Bavaria * and the local election ticker for Munich *.
No polls before the runoff election in Augsburg - but a clear forecast
It is now difficult to estimate what will happen in the runoff election on election Sunday. Even before the first ballot, there were no surveys on local elections in Augsburg that would have suggested a favorite. A forecast of the OB election in Augsburg is still possible. Eva Weber clearly has the best chances. Even the combined result of the SPD and Greens candidates was still significantly below their 43.1 percent. Even without surveys, it should therefore be clear in Augsburg who is going to the election evening as the favorite.
Runoff election in the local election in Augsburg: Overview of the first ballot
The candidates in the OB election Augsburg 2020 * on March 15th did as follows:
Political party | Candidates | Voting shares |
|---|---|---|
CSU | Weber, Eva | 43.1% |
SPD | Worm, dirk | 18.8% |
Greens | Wild, Martina | 18.5% |
AfD | Jurca, Andreas | 4.8% |
Free voters | Hummel, Peter | 3.2% |
THE LEFT | Hintermayr, Frederik | 2.7% |
THE PARTY | Mc Queen, Lisa | 2.0% |
AIB | Marcon, Bruno | 1.5% |
WSA | Tobacco, Anna | 1.3% |
FDP | Vollmar, Lars | 1.3% |
ÖDP | Pettinger, Christian | 1.2% |
PER AUGSBURG | Eberle, Claudia | 1.0% |
V party³ | Wegner, Roland | 0.7% |
The OB election in Augsburg is decided in the run-off election between the CSU and the SPD
Nevertheless, the result of the Augsburg Greens is impressive. In the last local election, her OB candidate Stefanie Erben only got 6.5 percent . Compared to 2014 , both the CSU and the SPD in Augsburg experienced significant losses, six years ago their applicants Kurt Gribl and Stefan Kiefer still achieved 51.8 percent and 28 percent , respectively. CSU co-party leader Eike Hallitzky said after the Bavarian local election: "The CSU has partially lost significantly in all cities."
The AfD and its applicant Andreas Jurca increased by one percentage point to 4.8 percent . The turnout in the city was 45.3 percent - after having been lower than ever at 41.2 percent six years ago.
Protection against corona virus: Söder with rule for Bavarian run-off elections 2020
These polls across Bavaria were overshadowed by the Corona crisis * . Election workers failed throughout the Free State, and there was great resentment in Munich after the city hired teachers as election workers *. There were serious allegations * in the debate as to whether the local elections should have been carried out in the form of coronavirus infections *.
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) then immediately announced as a coronavirus protection measure * that the run-off elections may only take place as postal votes * - no longer in public polling stations, he said. The run-off date is Sunday March 29th, 2020 . The postal voting documents are sent automatically and without prior request.
This regulation is very relevant in many Bavarian cities and municipalities, because there is also a runoff in Munich *, Nuremberg *, Regensburg * and Ingolstadt *.
Black-Green soon in Augsburg City Council? Greens double the vote share in 2020 local elections
The Greens are also stirring up the Augsburg City Council - black-green cooperation would be conceivable here. The CSU had 32.2 percent of the votes among the parties and lists *. The Greens almost doubled their share: to 23.4 percent . According to this, the two parties had 34 out of 60 seats in the city council.
The SPD lost nine seats . Most recently, there was a black-red-green coalition in Augsburg's town hall. According to its 6.6 percent, the AfD remains represented with four seats. In addition, eight small groups, each with one seat, join the committee.
Postal vote due to corona crisis - interactive map of all results in Bavaria
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