Cologne elections 2020: Henriette Reker threatens second round elections

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Cologne has voted! Around 825,000 people, including some 26,500 first-time voters, were able to participate in local elections in Cologne on Sunday (September 13). The polling stations are closed from 6 pm

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All the results of the Cologne elections at a glance: this is how your neighbor voted.

The WDR has published the first infratest dimap forecasts, including the national and Cologne result.

First OB extrapolation for Cologne: Reker at 48.1 per cent

The first dimap extratest screening is here, starting at 6.42 pm …

• Henriette Reker (parties): 48.1 percent
• Andreas Kossiski (SPD): 24.3 percent
• In Cologne it all comes down to a second round. Reker missed the absolute majority. If necessary, the date for the second round has already been set: Sunday (September 27).

Forecast of OB elections in Cologne (from 6 pm)

• Henriette Reker (parties): 48.5 percent
• Andreas Kossiski (SPD): 24.0 percent
  Jörg Detjen (Link): 7 percent
• Olivier Fuchs (Volts): 4.5 percent
• Christer Cremer (AfD): 4 percent
• Roberto Campione (EB): 3.5 percent
• Nicolin Gabrysch (Friends of the climate): 3 percent
• Thor Zimmermann (GOOD): 2.2 percent

Cologne Forecast: Town Hall

• Vegetables: 29 percent
• CDU: 20.5 percent
• SPD: 20 percent
• Left: 7 percent
• PDF: 5.5 percent
• Volt: 5.5 percent
• Others: 10 percent

Greens in Cologne cheer

• Katja Trompeter, head of the Greens On EXPRESS: “We presented our issues in the electoral campaign, such as the traffic change, and apparently they skyrocketed. We will now hold talks in the Council with all democratic parties. It is clear that our previous cooperation partner, the CDU, is the first point of contact, that is a matter of courtesy. But it is also clear that with this result we will support our claim to leadership in the Council. “

• Green Chief Frank Jablonski they cheered: “With this result we are writing history!”

Champagne corks do not pop at the SPD Cologne

• “First let’s have another Kölsch”: The SPD did not pop the champagne corks at the sight of the result.
• Factional leader Christian Joisten was combative when it comes to the council: “The SPD is needed.” His party has recently united the majorities in important decisions such as the expansion of FC or Kalkberg.
• In response to an EXPRESS request, Joisten admitted that this was not the case for many Cologne voters. “Communicating with voters has become more difficult, says Joisten. Of course, Corona also played an important role. The pandemic made it even more difficult for the OB candidate to fight the official acting OB bonus. Andreas Kossiski did a great job.

Forecast for NRW

• CDU: 36.0 percent
• SPD: 23.5 percent
• Vegetables: 19.0 percent
• AfD: 6.0 percent
• Left: 4.0 percent
• Others: 7.0 percent
• Voter turnout as forecast: 51.5 percent

45.1 percent turnout at 5 p.m.

• That can be seen. At 5 p.m., the stake in Colonia was 45.1 percent.

The usual electoral presentation at the Cologne City Hall is canceled

• Due to the crown, the usual electoral presentation cannot take place at the Cologne City Hall this year. Instead, there is a live broadcast, seen here from 6 p.m. Polling stations are open until 6 p.m.

Long queues in front of the polling stations

• Long lines have sometimes formed in front of the polling stations in Cologne. The reason for this is probably protective measures against the corona virus. Voters are requested to keep a minimum distance of at least 1.5 meters and to bring a mask and their own pen along with voting documents and identification.

• Current Mayor Henriette Reker was already voting Sunday morning.

Participation at 11.11 am

• The city reports an intermediate carnival result: at 11.11 am we were already 12.6 percent of Cologne citizens at the polls in their polling stations. For comparison: in the last elections it was electoral participation at 11 a.m. at 10.5 percent.

Cologne Mayor Elections: Who Are the Candidates?

• There are 13 candidates in total. All politicians at a glance, here in the video.

What exactly is chosen in the local elections in Cologne?

• Voters must in Cologne local elections. complete three ballots. A whiter Voting for the mayoral election green Note to the city council and a more red Voting for the district council.

• The OB is elected by simple majority. If none of the 13 applicants achieves this, the Sunday (September 27) a runoff election between the two candidates with the most votes.

Who has the best chance of winning the Cologne OB elections?

• in a representative survey From the opinion research institute infratest dimap on behalf of the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”, EXPRESS and the WDR (as of September 3), 61 percent of those eligible to vote declared that they wanted to vote for the non-party politician. Reker’s challenger, Andreas Kossiski (SPD), got 22 percent of the vote.