Date for runoff elections in NRW: when is the second round of local elections?

In many places, the local elections in NRW will only be finally decided by the runoff election.

The date for the second ballot is set by law.

• The runoff elections for the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia will take place on September 27th.

• Like other dates on the way to the election, the runoff date is regulated by law.

• After the appointment, the mayors and district administrators will be finalized.

Date for the runoff elections in North Rhine-Westphalia

Update from September 13, 2020:

After the first ballot there is only one important date for the local elections in NRW, namely the date for the runoff elections.

The date is uniformly set on the Sunday two weeks after the first ballot.

The

will take place

.

Eligible voters are always called to vote again if their local mayor and / or district administrator has not yet been elected with an absolute majority.

Then the two candidates, for whom the voters had previously cast the most votes, compete against each other.

Local elections 2020 in NRW: The dates in September for all cities and municipalities

First report:

Düsseldorf - The date for the

remains.

Despite the Corona crisis, the state government decided to keep the date in September.

A postponement was partly discussed at the height of the crisis, but the previously planned process remains.

The Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia also confirmed this decision.

Below are the most important dates for both voters and parties. 

Local election 2020 in NRW no postponement of the dates for the first ballot and runoff election

The

for the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia is

 - although a postponement was also under discussion for the date of the local election in view of the corona virus.

For the first time, the Ruhr Parliament will be directly elected on this date.

The date for the

, which will certainly be necessary in some cities, municipalities and districts

, is automatically derived from the date of the first ballot

.

The state law of North Rhine-Westphalia fixes the runoff elections for a date 14 days after the first ballot.

The

for a second vote is therefore

. 

The dates for local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia were recently standardized.

In 2020, mayors, district administrators, city councilors, municipal councils and district councils will be elected in the cities on the same day.

The

is now

.

For more information on local election offers

for many cities in NRW, such as for the city of Cologne, the state capital Dusseldorf and the biggest cities of the Ruhr area Dortmund and Essen.

Here you will also find the most important information for Duisburg, Bochum, Wuppertal, Bielefeld, Bonn and Münster.

In addition, on the evening of the election you will find the results of the mayoral election in the interactive voting card and the election of the Ruhr Parliament with subsequent distribution of seats here.

Deadline for the election notification for the 2020 local elections

Anyone who is entitled to vote in the local elections in NRW should

find out

automatically through a voting

.

The notification should reach the voter by

at the latest

.

So there would still be enough time to report to the responsible authority if you are incorrectly not registered as a voter.

The voting notification also contains the official postal voting information.

Where the voter then ticks the ballot on the ballot is of course up to him.

In some cities, however, everyone can rely on the help of an online tool in the form of an Wahl-O-Mat for the NRW local elections to make a voting decision.

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A look at the city council of the state capital Düsseldorf.

© picture alliance / Federico Gamb / Federico Gambarini

Important deadline: Date for the postal vote in the municipal election in NRW

The request for postal voting can be time-consuming.

For this reason alone, it makes sense that the responsible municipalities are given an early date for sending the voting notification.

When voting by post, the deadline for submission is important.

In the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia,

the last date for

.

Voters can represent this until 6 p.m.

Only in

cases is it possible to submit an application until 3 p.m. on election Sunday.

Voters can obtain the necessary details from the official correspondence.

Final date for submitting nominations in North Rhine-Westphalia

For the parties and electoral associations, there is another important date before the 2020 local elections. They must have

submitted

all

the deadline in July

.

This also includes the legally required support signatures that smaller parties have to collect if they are not already represented in a local parliament.

Anyone who has not properly submitted everything by the deadline cannot stand for election.

The good news for small parties: The deadline for submitting the signatures was postponed because the corona virus is making the election campaign more difficult.

At least in one case, the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia have to be canceled and made up at a later date.

There was one death among the candidates in Frechen.