Local elections in Duisburg: results show a clear majority: OB elections canceled

Update from September 13 at 11:27 pm.: By late at night almost all of Duisburg’s electoral districts were counted. It can only be with minor changes in the results for that Ratswahl be expected. The last battle of the night: SPD (30.82 percent) CDU (21.49 percent), Green (17.71 percent), AfD (9.26 percent), The left (5.51 percent) and FDP (3.11 percent).

Update on September 13 at 7:48 pm: There are 245 out of 383 electoral districts. The interim results for Duisburg city hall are as follows: SPD is 31.23 percent ahead of CDU (20.51 percent), Green (17.56 percent), AfD (10.97 percent), The left (6.08 percent) and FDP (3.06 percent).

First results of Duisburg – SPD in local elections to the front

Update from September 13 at 7.11 pm.: At Election of the city council 148 out of 383 constituencies are counted in Duisburg. Consequently, the SPD currently stands at 31.78 percent. It is far ahead of the CDU (19.64 percent), the Greens (16.35 percent), the AfD (11.90 percent) and the Left Party (6.68 percent).

Update from September 13 at 6:27 pm.: There are no results yet from the local Duisburg elections, but in North Rhine-Westphalia there is a first clue to the general balance of power. A Statewide WDR Forecast considers that the CDU in cities and municipalities is 36 percent, ahead of the SPD (23.5 percent) and the Greens (19 percent).

Update September 13 at 6 pm.: the Electoral colleges are closed, as of now Election results count in Duisburg. We will keep you informed of all the figures that will be published as intermediate results and final results.

Update on September 13 at 4:55 pm.: In Duisburg there is one more option than in many other cities in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Ruhr Parliament is elected, an election that has never been seen before in the state. When counting, the priority for the results of the municipal elections in Duisburg still applies.

All local election results in Duisburg – starts with the town hall

Update September 13 at 2:45 pm: Unlike other cities, it will be in Duisburg first that Result of local elections for the city council give. While OB choices are counted elsewhere, Duisburg can skip this step: that The mayor’s office cannot vote this year. Voters can expect the first figures to be released before the final results, when electoral districts have gradually processed the ballots. As soon as there is new information, we will keep you updated here on the Duisburg results ticker.

Local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia: in Duisburg there are only three results instead of four

Duisburg – Am 13. September is in NRW reelected – and this year there is not a single novelty: on the one hand, now there is Young people aged 16 and over Eligible to vote in NRW and on the other hand, all eligible voters receive not just three, but even four ballots. Only in Duisburg voters are allowed to put their crosses Local elections 2020 just write on three sheets of paper.

At Local elections in NRW the citizen with the right to vote decides with three votes not only on the election of the new Lord Mayor, but always on one town hall and a new one District representation. In addition, from this year there is an additional election with a fourth ballot, because for the first time the voter has to go directly to the parties in the Ruhrparlament, a meeting of the association of Ruhr Regional Association, vote. Be careful when placing crosses on all of these ballots: Only one cross can be placed per sheet of paper. – otherwise, both the ballot and the vote are invalid.

You will be informed about the events on Election Day. merkur.de on the local election news ticker on NRW.

Local elections in NRW: there will only be three instead of four results in Duisburg

However, only three crosses are allowed Duisburg place. Because this year they vote for the Local elections only members of the town hall, of the District representation and des Ruhrparlaments. The owner Lord Mayor Sören Link (SPD) may, in contrast to Mayor Thomas of the CDU Corridors in Essen: lay back and relax. You are not campaigning because Duisburg will not elect a new mayor in 2020. For this reason, the Duisburgs also lack the fourth ballot to vote by mail or at the polling station.

Duisburg: mayoral election won’t take place again until 2025

There was one in 2012 Referendumto then Lord Mayor Adolf Sauerland deselect. For him Love Parade disaster in 2010 the CDU-Mann always strong in criticism. Then ran for the first time Link for the office of Lord Mayor. With 49 percent of the vote, Link had to be in a Escape against the CDU politician Benno lensdorf claim: he won the election with a good 73 percent. After the irregular term of only five years, Link was re-elected three years ago in the first vote with about 57 percent. The Duisburg native currently sits well in the chair: one Election to the mayor it will not take place again in Duisburg until 2025.

The first results of the local elections in Duisburg are expected from 6 pm

Election day ends September 13 for voters as a whole NRW at 18 hours. By then, she must have gone to the polling station, also in the other big cities. For poll workers, on the other hand, the real work and the big count begins only then. Only when all valid votes of all Electoral districts are determined, Election results to be announced. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the Safety and hygiene standards This year there may be delays, so the results cannot be announced the same night.

Local election results beyond Duisburg

You can also find the results of local elections in other large cities merkur.de prepared separately. Here you will find the election results ordered by city:

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