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Runoff election in Bielefeld: These candidates make the victory among themselves

2020-09-27T07:32:44.275Z


There were twelve candidates in the OB election in Bielefeld in 2020. Two of them entered the runoff election, including the incumbent.


There were twelve candidates in the OB election in Bielefeld in 2020.

Two of them entered the runoff election, including the incumbent.

  • Twelve candidates were approved

    for the mayor election in

    Bielefeld

    .

    The news from election day is in the runoff ticker NRW.

  • The incumbent mayor wants to achieve another term in the local elections.

  • If

    no candidate in Bielefeld receives an election result of more than half of the valid votes

    on September

    13,

    there will be a runoff

Update from September 26, 2020:

For the severely weakened SPD, it could be one of the important victories in the runoff election if the incumbent prevails.

On Sunday only Pit Clausen (SPD) and Ralf Nettelstroth (CDU) are left to vote.

This result in the first ballot decided:

  • Clausen (SPD): 39.63%

  • Nettelstroth (CDU): 29.32%

  • Hair Man (GREEN): 12.45%

  • Ludwig (BfB): 1.18%

  • Dr.

    Ocak (DIE LINKE): 4.05%

  • Schlifter (FDP): 5.15%

  • Rammert (PIRATES, NEAR THE CITIZENS): 0.89%

  • Fermann (BBZ): 0.20%

  • Sander (AfD): 3.48%

  • Elias (BIG): 0.88%

  • Oberbäumer (The PARTY): 2.06%

  • Gugat (LiB): 0.71%

Three favorites in local elections in Bielefeld: A total of twelve candidates for OB election are available

First report:

Bielefeld - In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, a total of

twelve candidates

compete against each other to become mayor in Bielefeld.

The incumbent Mayor

Pit Clausen (SPD)

is also standing for election again.

Whether he will be able to defend his position in the local elections in Bielefeld will be revealed on September 13th at the earliest.

However, if nobody receives a majority of the valid votes in the first election result, a runoff election decides the winner.

After their announcement, we will also show you all the results of the mayoral elections on our voting card.

An overview of the candidates for election to the mayor of Bielefeld

The city of

Bielefeld

has declared the following

nominations

to be admissible.

The order of the candidates is taken from the official announcement for the OB election 2020 in Bielefeld.

  • Pit Clausen, SPD

  • Ralf Nettelstroth, CDU

  • Kerstin Haarmann, GREEN

  • Rainer Ludwig, BfB

  • Dr.

    Onur Ocak, THE LEFT

  • Jan Maik Schlifter, FDP

  • Gordana Rammert, pirates

  • Robin Fermann, BBZ

  • Florian Sander, AfD

  • Sami Elias, BIG

  • Lena Oberbäumer, The PARTY

  • Michael Gugat, LiB

Pit Clausen is the SPD's candidate for the mayor election in Bielefeld

The incumbent Lord Mayor of Bielefeld,

Pit Clausen

, is standing for election again this year.

If he wins the election, it would be his third term in a row.

He competed for the first time in 2004, but was narrowly defeated in the runoff election.

On his second attempt in 2009, he was finally elected and was able to defend his post in 2014.

Before his political career with the

SPD

, Clausen worked as a judge in the labor courts.

For the CDU, Ralf Nettelstroth is the OB candidate in Bielefeld

Ralf Nettelstroth is

running for the

CDU

in the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia for the office of Lord Mayor in Bielefeld.

He studied law at Bielefeld University and works as an independent lawyer.

For the CDU, he was first elected to the Bielefeld city council in 1994 and has been chairman of the CDU parliamentary group since 2011.

In addition to Clausen, he is given the best chances of all candidates for the OB election.

Kerstin Haarmann is the Green candidate for the 2020 OB election

With

Kerstin Haarmann

, the

Greens are

also sending

a lawyer into the race for mayor's office.

Among other things, she has worked as a legal department head, treasurer and managing director in various companies and has some experience in local politics.

Haarmann is a member of the city council and district council in Paderborn and heads the GREEN parliamentary group there.

Due to their technical competence and the political upswing of the Greens, Haarmann also has a good chance of moving into the town hall.

#BielefeldKannFlair Unbureaucratic u.

Quickly create expanded outdoor areas for #corona damaged #gastronomy!

Cafe Kleines Glück in Ravensberger Strasse, for example, only needs 3 of the many parking spaces ... A win for this area.

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- Kerstin Haarmann (@KerstinHaarmann) May 24, 2020

OB election in Bielefeld: ballot for the mayoral election

Majority voting applies to mayoral elections in NRW.

Each voter can vote for exactly one of the candidates.

A ballot with more than one elected candidate will be declared invalid.

The candidate who receives the majority of valid votes wins.

Runoff in the OB election in Bielefeld is considered likely

Should no applicant receive more than 50 percent of all valid votes in the first ballot, the two candidates with the most votes received will

run for the runoff election

exactly two weeks later on

September 27th

.

The likelihood of a runoff election usually increases the more applicants stand for election.

Since there were repeated runoff elections in the city in the last local elections, this scenario is also considered likely in this year's OB election in Bielefeld with twelve candidates.

On

merkur.de

you will also find an overview of the

mayoral candidates

in other major cities in North Rhine-Westphalia:

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Düsseldorf

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Cologne

  • Candidates of the OB election in Dortmund

  • Candidates of the OB election in Essen

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Duisburg

  • Candidates of the OB election in Bochum

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Wuppertal

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Bonn

  • Candidates for the mayor election in Münster

Source: merkur

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