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Local elections in Nuremberg: poll with wrong trend? Second ballot is under the opposite sign

2020-03-29T14:15:42.476Z


The CSU wins, the AfD is involved in urban politics for the first time - and the SPD sags. Nuremberg will soon have a CSU mayor?


The CSU wins, the AfD is involved in urban politics for the first time - and the SPD sags. Nuremberg will soon have a CSU mayor?

  • In Nuremberg, Marcus König (CSU) and Thorsten Brehm (SPD) have to be selected *.
  • The gap between the two OB candidates is barely 1.5 percent.
  • 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 *.

Nuremberg - In the midst of the Corona crisis * Nuremberg voted on March 15th - a final decision about the new mayor of the city has yet to be made. The incumbent mayor Ulrich Maly (SPD) was no longer running in the 2020 local elections in Bavaria . SPD candidate Thorsten Brehm received almost 35 percent of the votes cast and was thus extremely close behind CSU candidate Marcus König with around 36.5 percent .

Surprise surprise before runoff election in Nuremberg: forecast was far off

A survey previously indicated that Brehm should have a percentage point advantage over King. According to the forecast before the election *, Brehm was also expected to be the strongest candidate with only 28 percent of the vote in the first ballot. The balance of power before the runoff election looks different than previously expected.

Local elections in Nuremberg are decided by runoff vote

12 candidates * stood for election in the OB election in Nuremberg - this table shows their performance:

Political party

Candidates

Voting shares

CSU

King, Marcus

36.45%

SPD

Brehm, Thorsten

34.93%

Greens

Osgyan, Verena

15.9%

AfD

Nicer, Roland

4.22%

The left

Schüller, Titus

2.54%

Free voters

Dörfler, Jürgen

1.81%

ÖDP

Rechholz, Christian

1.11%

The Pirates

Betz, Florian

1.18%

FDP

Sormaz, Ümit

1.04%

Left list

Padua, Marion

0.80%

BIA

Air, Fridrich

0.48%

The good ones

Schramm, Philipp

0.35%

The result of the local elections in Bavaria 2020 is dramatic for the SPD Nuremberg . In 2014, her then candidate Maly still received around 67 percent of the votes cast. The CSU, on the other hand, gained significant approval with its applicant in the SPD stronghold of Nuremberg: in the past local elections, only around 24 percent voted for the Christian Socialist candidate.

Greens satisfied with OB election in Nuremberg - despite missed runoff

The Greens have not been voted into a runoff in any major city in Bavaria - but still more than satisfied. "It is very clear that green will be indispensable in the Bavarian town councils, city councils and district councils over the next six years," said state head Eva Lettenbauer after the election. In Nuremberg, the Greens candidate Verena Osgyan came in third place with around 16 percent , well behind Brehm and König - but for comparison: Six years ago, the Greens OB candidate Achim Mletzko only achieved around 2 percent .

When it comes to the central issues of Nuremberg * , significantly more green voices now play a role . Surveys on the municipal elections in Nuremberg 2020 at least indicated a political change in the city.

The AfD did not provide any candidates in 2014 . Your applicant Roland Hübscher now achieved about 4 percent of the votes cast - this is fourth place. Since then, the approval of the candidate of the right-wing extremist BIA has dropped from 1.7 percent for the then candidate Ralf Ollert to 0.48 percent for the current applicant Fridrich Luft . The turnout in the OB election in Nuremberg 2020 was a good 47 percent .

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SPD Nuremberg slumps in 2020 local elections - AfD for the first time in the Nuremberg City Council

The SPD Nuremberg also has to cope with high losses in the city ​​council * . The Social Democrats came to only about 26 percent - that is around 17 percent less than in the 2014 vote. The Greens, however, improved their result by a good 10.5 percent . The AfD achieved around six percent of the parties and lists * and moved into the Nuremberg City Council for the first time.

Merkur.de * presents an overview of the results across Bavaria in interactive info graphics * . Find out more about the methodology used in this data project for the 2020 municipal election * . We will also send you the most important stories from your region in the free weekly newsletter - for registration.

Other cities in which a runoff election decides on the future mayor include Munich *, Augsburg *, Regensburg * and Ingolstadt *.

New run-off ballot rules due to corona crisis: postal voting also in Nuremberg

Due to massive technical problems , the counting in Nuremberg took longer than in many other municipalities. In any case, local elections were severely affected by the spread of the novel corona virus *. For the run-off elections * , Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has ordered a coronavirus emergency measure *: Voting may only be carried out by postal vote *. The election documents should be sent to the eligible voters automatically and without prior application.

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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Source: merkur

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