Results of the NRW local elections 2020: Overview of the winners

In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, mayors, city and district administrators and various parliaments are elected.

In the ticker you will find current results.

• The

  2020 local elections * will take

  place in

  North Rhine-Westphalia

  on September 13th

  .

• In the most populous federal state, mandates are awarded for numerous offices.

• Mayors, city and district administrators and more - Here you will find the

  results of the NRW election

  on election day

  .

Düsseldorf - In

,

the local elections will take place

on September

as planned

.

The population in North Rhine-Westphalia - with almost 18 million inhabitants, the most populous federal state - elects various mandates that are valid for a period of five years.

,

 and

 councils are elected

in independent cities

.

In the districts, the voters decide on the 

 their community as well as the 

 and the composition of the

assembly 

.

In addition, in the course of the 2020 local elections in

Rhine-Westphalia, the

Parliament will be established for the first time 

* elected directly by the people.

On the evening of the election you will find a constantly updated overview of the results of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia here.

When will the results of the 2020 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia be known?

Immediately after

in North Rhine-Westphalia is the 

 of election results started - so on September 13, 2020

.

This does not only apply to the counting of the ballots - postal votes are also only counted after the deadline.

In most local elections, the

 of mayor and district

elections are usually known on election evening

.

The specific electoral system in North Rhine-Westphalia will ensure that, as expected, the counting proceeds relatively quickly, even in local parliaments.

Due to the special circumstances due to the

, however, it may well happen that imponderables take place on election evening.

In the early stages of the worldwide rampant Covid-19 wave *, this was the case in Bavaria: In the local elections in March, the counts were partially slowed down by corona protective measures.

Similar delays could also lead to delays in the results of the 2020 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Quite apart from the fact that in at least one case the local election cannot take place on the planned date *.

Results of the NRW local elections 2020 at a glance

On the evening of the

in North Rhine-Westphalia

, you will find

all

shortly after the announcement

in this live ticker

.

The following people's representatives will

voted on in the

:

• Independent cities:

  Lord Mayor, city councilors, district councils

• Districts:

  mayor, district administrator, district council

• Citizens of the "Metropole Ruhr" (Ruhr Area) can also

  determine

  the

  Ruhr Parliament

  for the first time

  .

So that the decision in North Rhine-Westphalia is largely based on solid information, there will be a kind of

for two large cities in the western German state

- not a matter of course for local elections in Germany *.

If you are looking specifically for the results of the NRW local elections in the largest cities, you can use the following articles directly:

• Local election results from Cologne *

• Local election results from Düsseldorf *

• Local election results from Dortmund *

• Local election results from Essen *

• Local election results from Duisburg *

• Local election results from Bochum *

• Local election results from Wuppertal *

• Local election results from Bielefeld *

• Local election results from Bonn *

• Local election results from Münster *

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