After a surprise result in the 2020 local elections in Hamm, a head-to-head race between Mayor Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann (CDU) and challenger Marc Herter (SPD) is expected in the runoff election.
Marc Herter got
the most votes
in the first ballot of
the OB election in Hamm.
The SPD politician missed
an absolute majority
of at least 50 percent
with his election result
.
Now there will
be a runoff election
on
September 27th
against incumbent Hunsteger-Petermann (CDU).
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Interim result of the runoff election in Hamm
Counted voting districts:
115/174
Candidates | be right |
Marc Herter (SPD) | 65.52% |
Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann (CDU) | 34.48% |
Update from September 27, 2020, 6 p.m.:
The polling stations are now closing and the counting of the runoff results in Hamm can begin.
Update from September 27, 2020, 4:53 p.m.:
The polling stations in North Rhine-Westphalia close at 6 p.m. - the counting of the ballot papers can then begin.
As soon as the first voting districts of the runoff election in Hamm have been counted, interim results can be expected from which a clear tendency can often be read.
The final result is expected on election day, as only one election has to be counted.
We will inform you of the result here as soon as reliable figures are available.
+++ Here you will find the results of the runoff election in Hamm on election evening. The final figures can be available just a few hours after the election +++
Hamm - Neither
Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann
nor
Marc Herter
himself expected that.
In the
2020 local elections in
North
Rhine-Westphalia
on September 13th, the
SPD
challenger outstripped the long-term mayor of Hamm.
The gap between the candidates was small, and so a close result of the
runoff election in Hamm can
be expected
on September 27th
.
Local election in Hamm: The result of the mayor election is a small sensation
In almost all of Hamm's electoral districts, Herter (SPD) collected more votes, so that in the end,
with 40.68 percentage points, he
surprisingly ended up ahead of CDU incumbent Hunsteger-Petermann (
37.41 percent
).
The local election result in Hamm was a little sensation for many.
After all, Hunsteger-Petermann has
been
Lord Mayor of Hamm
for 21 years
.
Now he has to go into the
runoff election
against Marc Herter on September 27th
.
After he had gathered himself briefly, Hunsteger-Petermann was combative: "We will wuppen that in the second round," said the CDU politician.
Runoff election in Hamm: result expected on September 27th
In the next round of the
OB election
, Hunsteger-Petermann must hope for the votes of those who voted in the first ballot to one of the other candidates.
For example,
Arnela Sacic
(Greens) and
Pierre Jung
(AfD) are no longer allowed to compete in the second round.
Of course, it is not foreseeable in advance which voters will vote for another applicant.
Ultimately, it also has an influence on the runoff result if they switch to non-voters in the second ballot.
For the runoff election on September 27th, postal voting documents can be requested online again.
Important: Postal voters in the 1st ballot do not have to submit a new application for the runoff!
From Friday the postal voting stations will open again.
All information at https://t.co/XVp51cyA6G pic.twitter.com/SBXm7PAZ39
- City of Hamm (@hamm_stadt) September 15, 2020
How are the election results of the runoff election in Hamm determined?
Since there are only two candidates left, the election results can usually be completed quickly.
If there are no complications, the result of the runoff is expected on the evening of September 27th.
Then it will become clear whether Hunsteger-Petermann can defend his position again or whether Hamm
will get
a new mayor
after 21 years
.
Results from other cities in NRW
Result of the runoff election in Cologne
Result of the runoff election in Düsseldorf
Result of the runoff election in Dortmund
Result of the runoff election in Wuppertal
Result of the runoff election in Bielefeld
Result of the runoff election in Bonn
Result of the runoff election in Münster
Result of the runoff election in Aachen