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Berlin election 2021: date, top candidates and all the important information

2021-09-27T07:27:18.371Z


On September 26th, not only the general election will take place. At the same time, Berlin also elects its House of Representatives. Every information is here.


On September 26th, not only the general election will take place.

At the same time, Berlin also elects its House of Representatives.

Every information is here.

Berlin - The election campaign in Berlin can now be seen with the naked eye.

The Red City Hall could turn green inside, at least if current polls are to be believed.

On September 26th, the 19th election to the Berlin House of Representatives will take place parallel to the Bundestag election.

The House of Representatives is Berlin's state parliament and has been elected every five years since 1999.

Previously, the legislative period was four years.

All information about the Berlin election 2021 can be found in our news ticker.

The SPD won the last Berlin election on September 18, 2016 with 21.6 percent of the vote.

Incidentally, this is the smallest election victory of a party in a German state parliament to date.

After the election, a coalition of the SPD, the Left and the Greens was formed.

The current ruling mayor is Michael Müller.

The six top candidates of the parties are now fighting for his office.

If you believe the poll trend in the past few weeks, the Greens can expect good chances for the Berlin election (see below).

Berlin election 2021: date, opening hours of the polling stations, postal voting

On September 26th, Berliners shouldn't forget to vote for their parliament as well as the Bundestag. For the election to the House of Representatives, the city is divided into 78 constituencies. The constituencies are divided into electoral districts for voting. A polling station will be set up in each constituency. These are open on election day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Incidentally, on this day the Berliners also vote on the referendum “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen und Co.”.

Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, it is assumed that more people than ever before will vote by postal vote. All eligible voters who are entered in a register of voters are allowed to vote in this way. A justification is no longer necessary. The voting slip can be applied for in the district in which your main residence is located. This can be done either in person, in writing or, in some communities, online. Postal voting documents can be requested from August 16 until the Friday before the election day at the latest. If you have not received voting notification by September 5th, you will find all the information on what to do here. Anyone who falls ill or needs a voting slip for other special reasons can apply for one on election day until 3 p.m.

Germans abroad vote for the Berlin House of Representatives

German citizens living abroad can also vote by postal vote.

The election letter must be submitted to the responsible office by 6 p.m. on election day at the latest.

Voters can hand in the ballot directly to the place indicated on the envelope or send it by post.

Surveys on the Berlin election 2021

Whether the Red City Hall in Berlin will be green inside will be decided on September 26th.

The chances are good that the current coalition of the SPD, the Left and the Greens could continue to govern.

According to current polls, the SPD is still ahead of the Greens.

Further surveys, live data and figures can be found in our result text with an overview of all the important graphics.

Incidentally, a total of 34 parties submitted state or district lists for the Berlin elections.

These include some small parties that are not represented in the Bundestag or the House of Representatives.

Here is an overview

(note: not all can be selected in each district):

  • Free voters

  • Action Party for Animal Welfare - ANIMAL PROTECTION here!

  • Build Berlin!

    eV

  • Basic Democratic Party of Germany

  • mountain party, the over party

  • German Communist Party

  • Volt Germany

  • Team Todenhöfer

  • German conservatives

  • The grays - for all generations

  • The new democrats

  • The Republicans

  • The urban.

    A hip hop party

  • diePinken / BÜNDNIS21

  • Gray panthers

  • Climate list Berlin

  • Liberal Conservative Reformers

  • Human world - for the well-being and happiness of all

  • Tenants' party / Bündnis Berlin

  • National Democratic Party of Germany

  • Ecological Democratic Party

  • Party of humanists

  • Party for work, rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative

  • Health Research Party

  • Human Environment Animal Welfare Party

  • Pirate Party Germany

  • Socialist equality party

Berlin election 2021: These are the top candidates

What is certain is that there will be a new mayor after the Berlin elections in September.

The governing mayor Michael Müller is no longer running.

The top candidates of the parties represented in parliament are fighting for his office:

  • Franziska Giffey (SPD):

    The Social Democrats send Franziska Giffey into the race.

    She was Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth from March 2018 to May 2021, but resigned due to a plagiarism affair.

    She knows her way around Berlin politics: from April 2015 to March 2018 she was the district mayor of Berlin-Neukölln.

    In the polls, she is one of the most popular top candidates.

  • Bettina Jarasch (The Greens):

    The 52-year-old MP is the surprise candidate of the Greens.

    From 2013 to 2018 she was a member of the federal board of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, and from 2011 to 2016 she was state chairman of the Berlin Greens.

    In 2016 she moved into third place in the House of Representatives.

    Before Bettina Jarasch got into politics, she worked as a journalist and author.

  • Kai Wagner (CDU):

    Kai Wegner is state chairman of the CDU Berlin and will run as the top candidate for the House of Representatives election in 2021.

    The insurance salesman has been with the CDU since 1989.

    From 2011 to 2016 he was Secretary General of the CDU Berlin, and since 2019 Head of State.

    In the Bundestag he is the spokesman for construction, housing, urban development and municipalities.

  • Sebastian Czaja (FDP):

    The chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives was instrumental in leading the party back into the Senate in 2016.

    The trained electrical engineer switched from the CDU to the FDP in 2005.

    He has been the party's general secretary since September 2015.

  • Klaus Lederer (Die Linke):

    Die Linke sends the Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe, Klaus Lederer, into the race.

    The 47-year-old's political career began in 1992 in what was then the PDS.

    He has been a member of the party executive committee since 2012.

  • Kristin Brinker (AfD):

    The state chairwoman of the Berlin AfD studied architecture and trained as a bank advisor.

    She has been a party member since 2013.

    Only three years later she moved into the Berlin House of Representatives.

    She is also a member of the main committee of the Berlin House of Representatives.

Berlin parliamentary election: who is elected with which vote?

The Berliners elect the at least 130 members of the Berlin Parliament on September 26th.

60 percent can be elected directly in the constituencies, 40 percent indirectly via the state or district lists.

The election runs according to a mixed electoral system, the so-called personalized proportional representation.

Every eligible voter has two votes.

He gives the first vote to a candidate from his constituency.

This is a choice of people.

The second vote is a proportional representation.

Who can vote in the Berlin election in 2021 and when will Wahl-O-Mat be online?

All Germans who have reached the age of 18 on the day of the election and have lived in Berlin without interruption for at least three months are allowed to vote in the Berlin elections, provided they are not excluded from the right to vote.

The Wahl-O-Mat can help with indecisive citizens - there you can compare the positions of the parties.

The Wahl-O-Mat for the Berlin election 2021 will be published on August 26th by the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

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Source: merkur

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