The next mayoral elections in Bavaria will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Here you will find all the candidates for mayor in the Weilheim region.
Local elections 2020 in Bavaria: What are the tasks of the mayor?
- On Sunday, March 15, 2020, the mayors will also be elected in the Weilheim region in the municipal elections.
- Run-off elections will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2020.
- Here you will find an overview of all the candidates for mayor in the Weilheim region
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Twenty executive chairs in the town hall of the Weilheim region are to be filled in the local elections on March 15, 2020. In a number of municipalities, the incumbents are standing for election again. This is the case in Weilheim, Peißenberg, Wessobrunn or Eberfing, among others. You can find the latest news about the election in the news ticker for the district of Weilheim-Schongau.
In the cities and municipalities where more than three candidates for mayor are running, runoff elections are likely. Because: If none of the mayor candidates receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the first ballot, then the right to vote stipulates a run-off election. Candidates who received the most votes in the first ballot move into these.
The run-off elections must take place exactly two weeks after the first ballot, ie on March 29, 2020. You will find the results for Weilheim together with those for Schongau in the result text for Weilheim-Schongau.
In municipalities such as Huglfing or Böbing, only one candidate for mayor is running. But what many voters do not know: If there are not enough candidates in a municipality for the number of posts to be filled, voters can also put candidates on the lists on election day that do not run themselves.
In the last local elections in 2014, for example, Martin Klein did not apply for the Wildsteiger top office - nevertheless he received almost 34 percent of the vote as a “phantom candidate” for the office of mayor. In the 2020 municipal election, he officially competes for Mayor Josef Taffertshofer.
In fact, in municipal elections, people who do not appear on the ballot can also become mayors. This happened about six years ago in the municipality of Schwaigen (Garmisch-Partenkirchen district): Hubert Mangold was so popular that 55 citizens spontaneously wrote him on their ballot papers and sent him to the runoff. The incumbent mayor Karl Schwarzberger had not even received half of the votes in the first ballot - even though he was the only candidate.
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Weilheim
Eight candidates want to become mayor of Weilheim (there were six in 2014):
In addition to incumbent Markus Loth (BfW, in office since 2002) , these are Angelika Flock (CSU) , Manuel Neulinger (Greens) , Romana Asam (Free Voters) , Horst Martin (SPD) , Saika Gebauer-Merx (FDP) , Ullrich Klinkicht (Weilheim with each other) and Reno Schmidt (AfD) .
In a separate article, we will introduce you to the mayor candidates for Weilheim. You can also find all information about the mayoral election in Schongau from us.
Penzberg
Elke Zehetner (SPD) has been Mayor in Penzberg since 2014. She wants to defend the town hall and has to deal with five challengers. Six years ago she prevailed against Richard Kreuzer (CSU) and Wolfgang Sacher (BfP).
Markus Bocksberger (Penzberg together) came to the city council in 2014 on the SPD ticket. Out of dissatisfaction with the mayor, he left the SPD parliamentary group in 2018 and founded the new list in 2019, of which he is now the top candidate.
Stefan Korpan (CSU) is new on the political stage in Penzberg. The police officer has been a member of the CSU since 2018 and was selected as mayor of the Penzberg local association the following year.
Kerstin Engel (Greens) has been a member of the city council since 2008. Her candidacy for mayor was already expected in 2014. At that time, she did not run to avoid harming Zehetner's candidacy. Today they both have a mutual dislike.
Armin Jabs (citizen for Penzberg) has been a member of the city council since January 2019. Since then he has also been the group leader of the BfP founded in 2007. After Wolfgang Sacher (2014), Jabs is the second BfP candidate for mayor.
Michael Kühberger (Free Local Politics Penzberg) moved into the city council for the CSU in 2014. In 2017, however, there was a split, which gave rise to the new list "Free Local Politics Penzberg", which has since provided three city council members.
Peissenberg
Manuela Vanni is sent into the race from the Peißenberger list . If the current town hall boss prevails, it would be the third term - Vanni had come into office for the SPD in 2008.
Walter Wurzinger is the candidate for free voters . In 2014 he was inducted into the market council via the CSU / non-party list. At the end of 2018, he joined the citizens' association and is now among the free voters.
Robert Halbritter wants to conquer the Peißenberg town hall for the SPD . Halbritter had already decided in favor of the candidature at the end of 2018 and was chosen by the local association in March 2019.
Frank Zellner competes for CSU / non-partisans . Zellner also tops the list for the local market council. The CSU had lost the mayor's office in 2008 - to Manuela Vanni.
We present the four mayor candidates for Peißenberg in more detail in a separate article.
Hohenpeissenberg
Thomas Dorsch competes for CSU / non-partisans . His candidacy is not a surprise. Dorsch has been in office since 2008 - Karl Graf, the long-term town hall chief, had then refrained from applying again.
Wessobrunn
Helmut Dinter is “still in the mood” for the town hall, as he announced at the assembly meeting of his “ List for All ”. Dinter, known as an argumentative politician, has been sitting in the executive chair since 2008.
Georg Guggemos challenges Helmut Dinter. Guggemos was drawn up from the new list " Shaping Together ", he also tops the list of local councils. The candidate is the CSU chairman.
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Seeshaupt
Friedrich Egold competes for the CSU Seeshaupt-Magnetsried and is also number one on the municipal council list. Egold had caused a big surprise, after all, he is currently still sitting for the SPD in the Seeshaupt town council .
Bernd Habich was sent to the race by the party-free citizens of Seeshaupt-Magnetsried as a top candidate. His nomination was unanimous at the assembly meeting. Habich tops the municipal council list.
Bernried
Robert Schiebel is a candidate of the CSU . After unsuccessful candidatures in 2002 and 2014, the head of the regional association applied for the mayor post and the successor to the outgoing incumbent Josef Steigenberger.
Franz Eder was chosen as a candidate by the alliance of voters from the newly founded Green Community and the Bernried list for people and nature. Eder was also voted to the top of the municipal council list.
Georg Malterer is considered the preferred candidate of Josef Steigenberger, the head of the town hall in Bernrieder, who is no longer appearing after 18 years. Malterer, currently the third mayor, was nominated by the Non-Party Free Voter Group (ÜFW) .
Eglfing
Martin Fortmaier would follow in great footsteps: The candidate of the electoral community was nominated as mayor's successor for Klemens Holzmann - and he had directed Eglfing's fortunes for at least 24 years.
Michaela Schönbach was inferior to Martin Fortmaier at the constellation assembly and created her own list "Together" from the baptism. Schönbach, who is currently on the municipal council, sends this candidate into the race.
Oberhausen
Thomas Feistl was nominated by the party-free electorate unanimously and without a candidate. In 2014 he succeeded Georg Sterzer, the long-term town hall manager. Feistl also tops the municipal council list.
Anneliese Reichert of tradition and progress was inferior to her competitor Thomas Feistl in the 2014 local elections. This time the second attempt, the Bergerin would be unanimously put on her list.
Andreas Reichel from the ÖDP is the new face in the Oberhausen local election campaign. The local association is running for the first time - and if Reichels won, he would be the first ÖDP town hall chief in the Weilheim-Schongau district.
Huglfing
Markus Huber was sent into the race by SPD / independents. The municipal council wants to succeed Bernhard Kamhuber, who will not run after 18 years. According to the list agreement, Huber does not stand for the municipal council.
Polling
Felicitas Betz has been mayor since 2014 and was elected candidate for mayor by the polling community . The incumbent received 72 votes in favor at the assembly meeting. Betz tops the municipal council list.
Martin Pape is the second town hall chief in Polling and was unanimously nominated as a mayor candidate by the CSU local association. The Oder thing had already started in 2014, but had not made it into the runoff election as third place.
Ulrike Seeling was nominated by the independent polling polling-Etting-Oderding as the third applicant for the town hall chief position. Seeling is already the only representative in the current municipal council for this list.
Wielienbach
Ignaz Jochner was sent in as a top candidate by the local CSU branch. Jochner, who runs his own mill as a master miller, also tops the municipal council list of the Wielenbacher CSU .
Frank Buchberger is running for the local association of free voters as a candidate for mayor. The Haunshofener was chosen unanimously at the assembly meeting. He is also number one on the municipal council list.
Harald Mansi was the first to throw his hat in the ring last October. The current municipal council created a new list "We for Wielenbach" - and was nominated with 100 percent of the votes.
Eberfing
Georg Leis is the incumbent and, as expected and unanimously, was created by the CSU / party-free for a new candidacy. Leis has been in office since 2008, when he followed the CSU veteran Eduard Ott.
Böbing
Peter Erhard was drawn up from a joint list of CSU / Young Union and party-free as a candidate for mayor. The choice would be nothing new for Erhard: the only applicant has been the head of the town hall in Böbing for 18 years.
Upper ring
Reinald Huber had made it clear some time in advance that he wanted to start again. This is how it happened: The incumbent was created by a large majority of his general group of voters .
Raisting
Martin Höck is the only candidate for the highest town hall office in Raisting and competes for the Neutral Citizens List (NBBL) . Höck has been mayor for six years and has been a member of the municipal council for 18 years.
Iffeldorf
Hans Lang wants to know it again for the SPD . In 2014 he was inferior to his CSU opponent and friend Hubert Kroiß. Lang is currently the second mayor and, as expected, was nominated by the local association.
Markus Degen is the top candidate of the party-free voters (PWG) . Degen, who is not on the municipal council, would like to succeed Albert Strauß - he had founded the PWG and was the town hall chief for 42 years.
Habach
Michael Strobl has been nominated for a third term by the Habach-Dürnhausen Independent Voters' Association. As in the last local elections in 2014, Strobl is the only candidate for the mayor's office.
Sindelsdorf
Andreas Obermaier is the top man in the CSU / Open Citizens List . Obermaier is currently the second mayor in Sindelsdorf. Incumbent Josef Buchner does not run after 30 years - but his UWS list did not find any applicants.
Antdorf
Klaus Kostalek wants to become mayor of Antdorf again. The Independent Voting Community (UWG) has nominated him again. Kostalek has been in office for six years and, as in 2014, is the only applicant in the small village.
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