Bonn second round result: Dörner (Greens) replaces Sridharan (CDU)

Updated: 09/27/2020 at 9:56 PM

The incumbent mayor Ashok-Alexander Sridharan had to be there before the second round of the elections Bonn tremble. He has been mayor since 2015, but his re-election failed.

In the OB second round election in Bonn obsolete Katja Dörner him and becomes the new mayor of Bonn. After Bärbel Dieckmann (SPD), she is the second mayor of the Rhine city.

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Second electoral round in Bonn: result of the 2020 mayoral elections

Provisional result of the second round of the OB elections in Bonn (214/214 electoral districts counted)

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan (CDU): 43.73% (Result in the 1st vote: 34.46%)

Katja Dörner (Green): 56.27% (Result in the 1st vote: 27.59%)

Electoral participation: 48.68% (Participation in the 1st vote: 56.93%)

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September 27, 2020: Greens can cheer

8.15 pm: Katja Dörner is the new mayor of Bonn, replacing Ashok-Alexander Sridharan from the CDU.

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7:34 pm: There are still five constituencies to go, but there is probably nothing left to shake. Green politician Katja Dörner is 56.52 percent, incumbent mayor Ashok-Alexander Sridharan is 43.48 percent.

7:08 pm: The first trend persists. OB Sridharan must keep shaking around his office.

6.46 pm: The first results are here! 174 out of 214 constituencies have been counted and a trend is emerging. Katja Dörner of the Greens has just under 57 percent.

5:53 pm: Bonn polling stations will close in a few minutes. Will Sridharan remain the mayor of Bonn after that?

15:15 pm: In many large cities in North Rhine-Westphalia there seems to be a lot of interest in the OB runoff elections. Exact figures for Bonn are not available, but in Dortmund and Bielefeld, for example, turnout at noon was higher than in the last runoff elections. Düsseldorf and Cologne also register a good electoral turnout.

10 o’clock: The Bonn polling stations have been open for two hours. The Greens are waiting for an electoral sensation: can Katja Dörner prevail and become the first green mayor? The climate strike rally on Friday, in which he appeared in Bonn with party leader Annalena Baerbock, gave him a boost.

So is there a changing mood that CDU incumbent Ashok-Alexander Sridharan could be dangerous? The incumbent mayor won the support of NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet before the second round. Sridharan represented the international city of Bonn in an exemplary manner and should be allowed to continue the work, Laschet announces in a Facebook video.

Second round of the elections in Bonn: date, vote by mail and mayoral candidates

The starting position after the 2020 local elections in Bonn

Since 2009, the black-green has determined local politics in Bonn, initially in a coalition of both parties, and since 2014 in a Jamaican alliance with the FDP. In the 2020 local elections, the cards have now been rearranged. Now the Greens are the strongest force in city hall at 27.9 percent. The CDU fell five percentage points to 25.7 percent.

The CDU could lose one of its strongholds in NRW. Until 2014, she was always the strongest force in all municipal elections and seven of the nine mayors so far were Christian Democrats. Now the former federal capital could become a bastion of the Greens. A little hope for the CDU: The FDP calls for the election of OB Sridharan.

Together with the Social Democrats and the left, who have also shrunk significantly, the Greens could now even form a green-red-red coalition in town hall.

Katja Dörner’s mayoral election would make the green elections in Bonn perfect. As in Münster and Aachen, the Greens could clear completely. Your chances against Sridharan in the second round are not bad. Especially since the SPD has sided with the Greens and asks its voters to vote for “Wechsel” and therefore for Dörner. SPD candidate Andreas von Bülow won at least 20.19 percent in the first vote.

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Second round election in Bonn: these are the two OB candidates Ashok-Alexander Sridharan Y Katja Dörner

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan (CDU): The 55-year-old lawyer was elected mayor of Bonn in 2015. At that time, he won the first vote with 50.06 percent. Sridharan’s father comes from India and came to Germany as a diplomat. The CDU politician is now a family man and has three children. The FDP supports him in the second round, including the Deputy Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Joachim Stamp:

Katja Dörner (Greens): Dörner has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and now wants to move into local politics as mayor. The politician was a member of the board of the Solidarity Modern Institute, a group of experts for new socio-ecological concepts. He is also currently on the board of the German Children’s Fund. The 44-year-old is married and has a son.

This is exactly how the second round in Bonn works: date, polling stations, voting notice, mask requirement and your own pen

Anyone who has not used vote-by-mail and prefers to vote at a polling station can cast their vote there on September 27, 2020 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. To do this, simply go to the polling station again where you voted. in the first round of the NRW local elections.

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When voting by mail, there was a delay in sending the documents. Voting-by-mail documents can be deposited in the mailboxes of the Beuel, Bad Godesberg and Hardtberg district councils before 3pm on Sunday. Alternatively until 4 in the afternoon at the City Hall night mailbox.

Anyone who has thrown away or lost the election notice in the meantime can vote. All that is required is an identification document, that is, an identity card or passport.

As on September 13, 2020, voters must bring their own pen as a measure of protection against the coronavirus. In addition, the use of a mask is mandatory at the voting table. (I like it)