Runoff elections in NRW 2020: Change of power in Düsseldorf - Greens conquer two OB posts

After the NRW local elections, the runoff elections will follow in many large cities on September 27th.

In many places it will be a close race for the mayor's office.

Here is an overview.

•  The 

  runoff elections for

  the

  2020 municipal elections will

   take

  place in

  North Rhine-Westphalia

  on September 27th 

  .

• In the most populous federal state, numerous mandates for political offices are still to be awarded.

• This article gives you the 

  results of the NRW election

  .

  Further information is available in the live ticker for the NRW election.

NRW local elections 2020: Aachen and Bonn get green mayors

Update from September 27th, 8:20 pm:

And the Greens conquer a second city in North Rhine-Westphalia.

becomes the new Lord Mayor of

.

In the runoff election against Harald Baal from the CDU, she received 67.4 percent of the vote.

Update from September 27, 8:10 p.m.:

In

, green will rule in the future.

The previous member of the Bundestag

collected a good 56 percent of the votes.

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan from the CDU has to bow to this.

NRW local elections 2020: New OBs in Wuppertal and Mühlheim an der Ruhr - SPD defends Leverkusen and Bielefeld

Update from September 27, 7:50 p.m

.: The votes in

are also counted

.

The previous mayor

(SPD) collected a good 56 percent of the votes and asserted himself against CDU man Ralf Nettelsroth.

Update from September 27, 7.45 p.m.:

Uwe Richrath

remains

in power

in

.

The SPD politician received 70 percent of the vote from the CDU in the runoff election against Frank Schönberger.

The

Social Democrats, however, lose the

OB post in

to the Christian Democrats.

Here

prevailed

with almost 57 percent of the vote against Monika Griefahn, the former Environment Minister of Lower Saxony.

NRW local elections 2020: Reker has a clear lead in Cologne's runoff election

Update from September 27, 7:35 p.m.:

There is a change of power in

.

Here

ultimately prevailed against Andreas Mucke from the SPD.

The candidate, supported by the Greens and the CDU, received 53.5 percent of the vote.

Update from September 27th, 7.30 p.m.:

heading for a success in the

.

According to "WDR", the non-party incumbent is clearly ahead of Andreas Kossiski from the SPD with 59.6 percent after an evaluation of 911 of the 1231 electoral districts.

NRW local elections 2020: Düsseldorf and Münster to CDU - SPD wins in Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen

Update from September 27, 7:20 p.m.:

The CDU successfully defends

.

remains OB with 52.6 percent of the vote, Green politician Peter Todeskino fails in the runoff election.

Update from September 27, 7.15 p.m.:

The

decision is also made

in

.

Here, SPD man

asserts himself

with almost 52 percent of the vote against CDU candidate Andreas Hollstein.

NRW local elections 2020: Düsseldorf's Mayor Geisel admits defeat against Keller

Update from September 27th, 7:10 pm:

According to "WDR", Thomas Geisel has admitted his defeat in the runoff election for the

.

The previous mayor got 45 percent of the vote and has to

bow

to

from the CDU.

Update from September 27th, 7 p.m .:

The first OB post of the evening has been taken.

remains in SPD hands.

succeeds her party colleague Frank Baranowski.

The previous city director and treasurer received 59.4 percent of the vote, CDU politician Malte Stuckmann had 40.6 percent.

NRW local elections 2020: Close race in Düsseldorf - clear thing in Mönchengladbach and Hamm

Update from September 27, 6:55 p.m.:

A success of the SPD is

in

.

As the "WDR" reports, incumbent

clearly ahead.

Meanwhile,

the previous Mayor Thomas Geisel is 46 percent behind

of the CDU

in

.

Here around three quarters of the votes have been counted so far.

Update from September 27, 6:50 p.m.:

The non-party incumbent

will probably

remain

mayor

.

According to "WDR" information, after counting more than half of the votes, it is 57 percent ahead of Andreas Kossiski from the SPD.

In

,

apparently

remains

in power.

After 98 out of 137 reports from the constituencies, the CDU politician is 61 percent and thus clearly ahead of SPD man Thorsten Berg.

On the other hand,

a victory for the challenger is

looming in

.

After more than half of the votes counted,

,

Member of the Green Parliament, has

57 percent and is ahead of Ashok-Alexander Sridharan from the SPD.

In

, a victory for

from the CDU is looming.

94 out of 148 electoral districts are evaluated here, 54.6 percent of the votes go to the Christian Democrats.

Update from September 27th, 6:35 pm:

The "WDR" is now presenting the first interim results.

In

signs that incumbent

could keep the upper hand in a duel with Uwe Schneidewind, who was sent into the race by the CDU and the Greens.

He is just as up front as his party colleague

in

.

Meanwhile,

in

, a victory for the Green politician

on the

.

SPD man

in

has gained a clear lead

, after more than a third of the votes counted he leads with more than 75 percent over CDU candidate Frank Boss.

In contrast,

a close race between Mayor Thomas Geisel from the SPD and his CDU challenger Stephan Keller is

developing in

.

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann, CDU politician and Mayor of

, meanwhile has to fear his re-election.

His opponent

(SPD) comes to more than 65 percent after counting half of all votes.

Update from September 27, 6:20 p.m.: It is

now

which

will

rule

in

future.

Because voting is no longer possible, the

have closed their doors.

But now the

counted.

And we wait for things.

NRW municipal elections 2020: OBs, mayors and district administrators are sought in 128 municipalities

Update from September 27, 5:57 p.m.:

Immediately it says: Rien ne va plus - nothing works anymore.

Then the

over and we are waiting for the first

.

Before that, a brief overview of the

: In 128 municipalities,

are taken on

.

The focus is on the 15 important OB posts.

In

,

(independent, supported by the CDU and the Greens) is expected to win.

In

SPD candidate Monika Griefahn and her CDU competitor Marc Buchholz go into an extra-tight

.

It should be exciting in

:

had received 35.9 percent of the vote on September 13th and thus ten percent ahead of his challenger

.

But the Greens have made a recommendation for Hollstein.

The situation is similar in the

: CDU politician Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann has been mayor since 1999 - but two weeks ago he landed a good three percentage points behind SPD challenger Marc Herter.

In

, where

ruled

since 2014

, the CDU wants to recapture the OB chair.

In the first round of the election,

ahead of the game (34.2 to 26.3 percent).

In

Uwe Schneidewind,

a "black-green" candidate for the mayor's office, was a comparatively thin 3.8 percentage points ahead of the incumbent Mayor Andreas Mucke from the SPD.

Update from September 27, 5.44 p.m.:

By 5 p.m.,

had

in

.

The city is drumming the other citizens in the direction of polling stations via Twitter.

Final spurt in the # Cologne election!

At 5 p.m. 31.4% voted in # Cologne.

There has to be more to do with the #Stichwahl!

Get up, # elections!

Now!

Thank you!

🗳️ 👍 # kölnchallenge # kommunalwahl2020 pic.twitter.com/DURSpCq39X

- City of Cologne (@Koeln) September 27, 2020

In

on the other hand,

at the ballot box

up to an hour before closing

.

That means an increase of 2.3 percent compared to the 2014 election at the same time.

Update from September 27, 5:32 p.m.:

The final spurt is on

close in half an hour.

If you still

want to

your

you have to hurry.

Or live very

.

Update from September 27, 5:03 p.m.:

In the meantime, the

in the state capital must be

corrected downwards

according to information from

.

Thousands of citizens turned up at the

with their postal voting documents

.

Apparently they were concerned that their

would not arrive in

time.

In the Corona crisis, postal voting is known to be a safe alternative to avoid crowds of people in the polling stations.

Update from September 27, 4:50 p.m.:

As

reports, the city of Hamm, which is considered a Corona hotspot, offers a special service for citizens who are currently in

.

When they

call

the

, the postal voting documents are brought to their homes and then taken away again.

NRW local elections 2020: Citizens can cast their votes until 6 p.m.

Update from September 27, 2:58 p.m.:

The day of the

in

is still in full swing - all

who have so far neither placed their cross on the postal voting papers nor on site in the

have still just under three hours

Have put voting booth.

The doors of the polling stations are still open

until

Although the

already being eagerly anticipated in many places

, the election officials only start counting when all ballots * have been received.

In

, eleven districts and 100 cities in

, elections are going into the second round today after the local election * on September 13th.

In the runoff elections, a

sufficient for one of the two candidates - in contrast to the first ballot

.

Particularly the

elections for the

in the

and the

are the focus of attention.

Both large cities are currently governed by the SPD - but the

are still given great opportunities.

The

also

aroused nationwide interest

because they were supported by the

and

can already be seen symbolically as an important signal for the next

.

Two weeks ago, the

had to accept bitter losses, if

and

to

fall

to the

today

, it would be a severe setback for the party.

So it will be more than exciting, which is also shown by the increased

: the

on

at 1 p.m.

that the turnout was 10.2 percent.

Postal voting is not yet taken into account, but: In the last

, the turnout was only 8.3 percent.

#DOwahl: At 1 p.m., the turnout in the voting areas was 10.2 percent (compared to the 2014 runoff: 8.3 percent).

The postal vote is not included. # Kommunalwahl2020

- City of Dortmund (@stadtdortmund) September 27, 2020

NRW local elections 2020: Lord mayors in 15 large cities are wanted

Update from September 27th, 9:27 am:

Since 8:00 am it has been said again in

most populous

,

: It is election day!

At least in some cities and districts, all citizens eligible to vote are asked to return to the ballot box.

Two weeks after the

, runoff

taking

place today

.

In 15 large cities it is about the

, go in eleven counties, the

in the second round.

Mayor runoff elections are still taking place in 100 cities belonging to the district.

Where there is another election today, none of the individual candidates was able

to win

on September 13th

.

The two best placed will therefore compete against each other again.

Today a

enough to make the race.

In many places in

an exciting day is expected: Both in Düsseldorf * and in Dortmund * it will be seen today whether the

remain or will be replaced by their

.

In

,

,

and

,

the chance to become mayor for the first time.

The Greens also play a

central role

in some

.

In Cologne *, for example, they support the incumbent incumbent,

, who, contrary to expectations, has to be in the runoff election against

.

In

they made an election recommendation for the

- he competes against the

.

A defeat would hit the SPD hard, as it has been the mayor here for decades.

+++ Here you will find the constantly updated overview of the results of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on election evening.

+++

+++ Results of all mayoral elections +++

Dusseldorf - In

, many have

to

to take.

After the

For some

the next vote will take place two weeks later.

On

, are

at.

Of the total of 409 political offices in the

and municipalities of the most populous federal state in Germany,

still have to be

filled

in a

.

There are still

and

elected circle, national cities, since September 13, none in the first attempt was more gain than 50 percent of the votes of the candidates.

# Local elections2020 # preliminary country result pic.twitter.com/1ahOdQC0cC

- Ministry of the Interior NRW (@IM_NRW) September 14, 2020

Also in the state capital

, the carnival strongholds

and

as well as the former federal capital

there is a battle vote.

NRW municipal elections 2020: In these cities there are runoff elections for the office of Lord Mayor

Mayor are held

in a total of

.

Here is an overview of the cities and candidates:

Aachen

: Sibylle Keupen (Greens) - Harald Baal (CDU)

: Pit Clausen (SPD) - Ralf Nettelstroth (CDU)

: Ashok-Alexander Sridharan (CDU) - Katja Dörner (Greens)

: Thomas Westphal ( SPD) - Andreas Hollstein (CDU)

: Thomas Geisel (SPD) - Stephan Keller (CDU)

: Karin Welge (SPD) - Malte Stuckmann (CDU)

: Marc Herter (SPD) - Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann ( CDU)

: Henriette Reker (independent) - Andreas Kossiski (SPD)

: Frank Meyer (SPD) - Kerstin Jensen (CDU)

: Uwe Richrath (SPD) - Frank Schönberger (CDU)

: Felix Heinrichs ( SPD) - Frank Boss (CDU)

: Marc Buchholz (CDU) - Monika Griefahn (SPD)

: Markus Lewe (CDU) - Peter Todeskino (Greens)

: Daniel Schranz (CDU) - Thorsten Berg (SPD)

: Uwe Schneidewind (Greens) - Andreas Mucke (SPD)

NRW municipal elections 2020: There are runoff elections in these districts

Even in some districts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, no final decision was made in the first ballot.

A runoff election must

decide

on the

in the following circles

:

Rhein-Erft

Four days until the runoff elections for mayors and district administrators in the course of the # kommmunalwahl2020 in #NRW.

@landnrw pic.twitter.com/wpTgpaNdld

- Ministry of the Interior NRW (@IM_NRW) September 23, 2020

NRW local elections 2020: runoff elections under strict Corona conditions

As with the local elections on September 13th, the

 runoff

elections in

North

Rhine-Westphalia will also take place under strict 

requirements (mask requirement, distance rule, hand disinfection, bring your own pen).

On

from

, those

their

and cast their vote - if they have not already

done so

by 

.

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