Live ticker for the OB Stuttgart elections: results and reactions | Stuttgart



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How is election Sunday in Stuttgart in the days of Corona? Who wins a lot of votes and who loses? You can find all the news about the OB election in Stuttgart here on the election ticker.

Elections for the mayor of Stuttgart: as high as the last voter turnout in the 1990s

November 8, 6:05 pm

The city of Stuttgart reports a 51.6 percent turnout in the OB elections in Stuttgart. City spokesman Sven Matis referred in his Twitter message to a statistical office forecast based on votes cast as of 5 p.m. Polling stations have closed since 6 p.m. and the votes are being counted. .

Participation in the mayoral elections of Stuttgart

OB Stuttgart election result from 20:20 on SWR live broadcast

November 8, 5:40 p.m.

The Stuttgart polling stations close in less than half an hour. About 100,000 voters had already advanced their crosses by post. A result is expected around 8:30 pm The SWR reports on the live broadcast from 8:20 pm

Live broadcast of the OB election in Stuttgart (Photo: dpa Bildfunk, SWR, picture alliance / Sebastian Gollnow / dpa)

It looks like a head-to-head race between the candidates for the OB elections in Stuttgart. You can follow how Election Day ends on November 8 here on the live stream.
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Higher voter turnout in the OB elections in Stuttgart

November 8, 5:10 pm

OB Elections in Crown Times: Sporadic Police Operations Due to Unmasked Election Observers

November 8, 4:55 pm

The corona pandemic also complicates that much more when it comes to voting. Measures like keeping your distance and wearing mouth and nose protection also apply at the voting station. SWR reporter Miriam Staber visited a polling station in Stuttgart and reported on how the elections went there. Elections Supervisor Thomas Schwarz also spoke of the problems with self-appointed poll watchers who did not want to wear a mask. “In very few individual cases, the police were called,” Schwarz said.






More expensive OB elections in Stuttgart due to corona pandemic

November 8, 4:25 pm

The OB election in Stuttgart will likely cost around 20 percent more than usual due to the corona pandemic. That’s what Stuttgart Election Supervisor Thomas Schwarz told SWR. The additional costs are due, among other things, to hygiene measures such as partitions and Plexiglas masks. Some poll workers were affected by the quarantine measures, so shifts also had to be restocked on Sunday.

AfD candidate in the Stuttgart OB elections: I have been attacked

November 8, 3:59 pm

The AfD candidate for the Stuttgart mayoral election, Malte Kaufmann, said he was attacked on Saturday as he walked to his car. He was hit on the back of the head in Stuttgart, Kaufmann wrote on Twitter. A spokesman for the Stuttgart police said on Sunday that Kaufmann had been charged with assault. Research the matter. There is at least one witness to the incident. The unknown perpetrator had fled.

Slightly higher voter turnout is expected

November 8, 3:33 pm

In the elections to the mayor of Stuttgart, there is a slightly higher turnout than eight years ago. If the trend continues, the statistical office expects a turnout of more than 50 percent, a city spokesman said on Twitter. In 2012 the participation was 46.7 percent. Due to the crown pandemic, every second vote is expected to be cast by mail. 14 candidates want to succeed Fritz Kuhn (Greens). The result of the preliminary official elections is scheduled for 8:30 pm If neither candidate reaches an absolute majority, there will be a second vote in three weeks, then a simple majority is sufficient.

Sven Matis, press spokesperson for the city of Stuttgart

What if no one is clearly ahead?

November 8, 3:20 pm

In today’s elections, a candidate needs an absolute majority, that is, more than 50 percent of the votes cast, to win. If this is not the case, new elections will be held on November 29. You can read the results of today’s first election here on the election ticker or watch the SWR live stream.

Live broadcast of the OB election in Stuttgart (Photo: dpa Bildfunk, SWR, picture alliance / Sebastian Gollnow / dpa)

It looks like a head-to-head race between the candidates for the OB elections in Stuttgart. You can follow how Election Day ends on November 8 here on the live stream.
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These are the OB candidates in Stuttgart

November 8, 3:10 pm

14 women and men are running to succeed Mayor Fritz Kuhn (Greens). In pre-election polls, there was no clear favorite.

Candidates for the mayoral election in Stuttgart 2020 (Photo: SWR, SWR / private collage)

Two women and twelve men want to succeed the outgoing mayor Fritz Kuhn (Greens) in Stuttgart. They were featured in a video about SWR.
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Stuttgart polling stations open since morning

November 8, 2020, 3 pm

450,000 people with the right to vote are summoned to elect a new mayor. You can vote at polling stations until 6 pm Tens of thousands have already cast their vote by mail. The first preliminary election results are expected around 6.30 pm



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