In the local elections in Ingolstadt, the run-off candidates are almost exactly the same. The OB choice must be decided in the second round.
- In Ingolstadt, the SPD forced the incumbent CSU OB into the runoff election .
- OB candidate Scharpf (SPD) , like competitor Lösel (CSU) , achieved a good 33 percent .
- It is one of the numerous CSU-SPD run-off elections in the Bavaria 2020 local elections .
- 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 *.
Ingolstadt - run-off elections are common in the election for mayor (OB) . It is extremely rare that both candidates are on an equal footing. In Ingolstadt the case occurred in the 2020 local elections : the CSU candidate and incumbent mayor Christian Lösel achieved 33.7 percent - his SPD challenger Christian Scharpf received 33.6 percent of the votes cast. In the first round of the OB election , Scharpf was only 0.1 percentage points behind the town hall boss. That hadn't foreseen a forecast before the local elections in Ingolstadt.
In the last local elections in 2014, Lösel was able to assert itself directly with more than 52 percent in the first ballot. He was previously a speaker at the previous OB Alfred Lehmann (CSU) . He was sentenced in October 2019 in a corruption trial - what the CSU Ingolstadt now apparently the vote has cost.
Poll predicted runoff election in Ingolstadt - forecast far from SPD result
Christian Lösel almost achieved the result that a poll on the OB election in Ingolstadt * had predicted. Nobody knew that Christian Scharpf would get almost exactly the same number of votes. He was previously considered a top candidate for the runoff election, but even more than doubled his poll result of 15 percent.
OB election in Ingolstadt: runoff election makes the decision
In the election campaign , there were new allegations against former OB Lehmann . He was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence for accepting benefits and bribery for accepting private benefits of several hundred thousand euros in property purchases. In polls , the CSU Ingolstadt then lost significant approval.
The CSU also suffered severe losses in the Ingolstadt * city council election : it dropped to a good 27 percent - in 2014 the party had received almost 45 percent . The SPD came to almost 17 percent (area code: 19.4 percent ) and the Greens improved from 10.1 percent from six years ago to just under 16 percent .
Local election runoff in Ingolstadt - this was the way of voting in the first ballot
Nine candidates * competed in the 2020 OB election in Ingolstadt. Since no one was able to collect more than 50 percent of the votes, the two strongest candidates go to the runoff - here are the results in detail:
Political party | Candidates | Voting shares |
|---|---|---|
CSU | Losel, Christian | 33.73% |
SPD | Scharpf, Christian | 33.65% |
Greens | Little one, Petra | 9.25% |
Free voters | Stachel, Hans | 8.31% |
BGI | Long, Christian | 4.86% |
The left | Pauling, Christian | 3.40% |
FDP | Schäuble, Jakob | 2.53% |
UDI | Koehler, Juergen | 2.36% |
Merkur.de * shows the results of the local elections in Bavaria 2020 graphically - in interactive maps * . In addition to Ingolstadt, the runoff election also takes place in Munich *, Nuremberg *, Augsburg * and Regensburg *.
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Postal vote due to corona crisis
In 2020 Bavaria experienced a state of emergency due to the spread of the new corona virus * local elections. The runoff elections, which are now taking place in many places, have special rules because of the corona crisis * . Only postal voting * is allowed this time, according to a statement * by Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) - a reaction to the increasing number of infected people in Bavaria. Numerous election workers failed.
Video: Protection against Corona - runoff election in Bavaria only by letter
The run-off date on March 29, 2020 will be retained. The ballot paper for the run-off vote * will be sent automatically and without prior request to the voters. The corona crisis is having a devastating impact on the economy. The car manufacturers, for example, are taking drastic measures. The Ingolstadt plant houses the Volkswagen subsidiary Audi . The manufacturer announced short-time working for the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm locations on March 18.
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