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Status: 06.09.2020 6:36 pm
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Around 183,000 voters are called to vote.
In the Rostock district today, around 183,000 citizens were called to vote for the district administrator. The election decides whether district administrator Sebastian Constien (SPD) remains in office for another election period or one of the three competitors will lead the district administration in the Rostock area for the next seven years. The incumbent’s competitors are Deputy District Administrator Stephan Meyer (CDU), Rostock attorney Michael Noetzel (left) and Teterow agricultural engineer Jürgen Dettmann, who is competing for the Free Voters. The Greens had asked for support for the CDU candidate, Stephan Meyer. The district administrator is the political head of the district administration. The Rostock district is one of a total of six districts in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. As an independent city, the Hanseatic city of Rostock does not belong to the Rostock district.
Possibility of election of second round in two weeks
The polling stations were open until 6 pm Whoever receives more than half of the valid votes is elected. If neither candidate achieves this, there will be a runoff between the two competitors with the highest number of votes in two weeks. Constien, 40, won the second ballot in 2013 with 50.7 percent of the vote against Katy Hoffmeister (CDU), who became Justice Minister in Schwerin in 2016.
CDU strongest parliamentary group in the district assembly
In the district assembly, the CDU has 20 terms, the left and the SPD eleven each, and the AfD nine. The Greens are represented by six MPs, free voters with four, and an FDP / Free Horizon alliance and an individual applicant has six seats. The district council was elected for five years in 2019.
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