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2020 North Rhine-Westphalia local elections

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Local elections were held in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on 13 September 2020 to elect district, municipal, and city councils and local boards, as well as mayors in most cities and district administrators in most districts. The 91-member Ruhr Parliament was also elected for the first time. Runoff elections for mayors and district administrators were held on 27 September where necessary.[1]

All EU citizens aged 16 or over on election day were eligible to vote if they had lived in a municipality for at least sixteen days.[1]

Background and electoral system

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Local elections take place every five years in North-Rhine Westphalia. However, the previous round of elections had taken place in May 2014. These offices were granted an extraordinary one-time extension to six and a half years in order to synchronise municipal and district council terms with those of mayors and district administrators. The latter offices previously had terms of six years, which was reduced to five years from 2020 onwards. All offices were thus elected simultaneously in September 2020.[1][2]

Most bodies with multiple members, such as councils, are elected via mixed-member proportional representation, with half of the membership elected in single-member constituencies. Voters have one vote, which is cast for both a constituency candidate and associated party list. There is no electoral threshold. Local boards and the Ruhr Parliament are elected via pure party-list proportional representation with a 2.5% threshold. Elections to a single position, such as mayors and district administrators, are conducted via the two-round system.[1]

The number of members on each district and city/municipal council is determined by the number of residents it serves, and may vary between 20 and 90 members, not counting overhang and leveling seats that can emerge during elections. Councils may legislate to reduce their number of members by up to ten relative to the size bracket they fall into, to a minimum of 20 members.[2]

Parties

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The table below lists the results of the 2014 local elections in the rural districts and the urban districts.[3]

Name Ideology 2014 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy 37.5%
1,309 / 3,494
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy 31.4%
1,109 / 3,494
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 11.7%
396 / 3,494
Linke The Left Democratic socialism 4.7%
164 / 3,494
WG Voter Groups Localism 4.5%
160 / 3,494
FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 4.7%
159 / 3,494
AfD Alternative for Germany Right-wing populism 2.6%
89 / 3,494
Piraten Pirate Party Germany Pirate politics 1.7%
56 / 3,494
Others 1.2%
52 / 3,494

Results

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Party Votes % Swing Seats +/-
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) 2,495,743 34.3 Decrease 3.2 1,213 Decrease 96
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1,766,181 24.3 Decrease 7.1 912 Decrease 197
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) 1,452,571 20.0 Increase 8.3 705 Increase 309
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 405,139 5.6 Increase 0.8 198 Increase 39
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 367,433 5.0 Increase 2.5 185 Decrease 96
Voter Groups (WG) 323,825 4.4 Decrease 0.1 170 Increase 10
The Left (LINKE) 277,781 3.8 Decrease 0.8 137 Decrease 27
Die PARTEI 76,317 1.0 Increase 1.0 34 Increase 31
Volt Germany (Volt) 37,590 0.5 New 13 New
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 24,815 0.3 Decrease 1.3 10 Decrease 46
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 6,990 0.1 Steady 0.0 3 Decrease 1
Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutzpartei) 6,751 0.1 Increase 0.1 3 Increase 2
Action Party for Animal Protection (Tierschutz hier!) 5,172 0.1 New 2 New
Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE) 4,907 0.1 Increase 0.1 2 Increase 1
Aufbruch C 3,967 0.1 New 2 New
Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG) 3,553 0.0 Decrease 0.1 2 Increase 1
German Communist Party (DKP) 2,886 0.0 Steady 0.0 2 Steady 0
Democracy by Referendum (Volksabstimmung) 3,021 0.0 Steady 0.0 1 Steady 0
The Right (Die Rechte) 2,582 0.0 Steady 0.0 1 Decrease 1
Centre Party (Zentrum) 2,238 0.0 Decrease 0.1 1 Steady 0
Party for Social Affairs and Ecology (SO!) 1,896 0.0 Steady 0.0 1 Steady 0
Other parties 5,197 0.1 Decrease 1.3 0 Decrease 35
Independents 1,667 0.0 Steady 0.0 0 Steady 0
Total 7,277,932 100.0 3,598 Increase 104
Blank/invalid votes 108,285 1.5
Registered voters/turnout 14,235,746 51.9 Increase 1.9
Source: State Returning Officer

Results in independent cities

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City councils
City CDU SPD Grüne FDP AfD Linke PARTEI Volt WG Others
Cologne 21.5 21.6 28.5 5.3 4.4 6.5 2.5 5.0 4.7 0.2
Düsseldorf 33.4 17.9 24.0 9.2 3.6 4.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.4
Dortmund 22.5 30.0 24.8 3.5 5.5 5.6 2.8 1.9 3.3
Essen 34.4 24.3 18.6 3.0 7.5 3.9 2.5 0.2 3.3 2.3
Duisburg 21.5 30.8 17.7 3.1 9.3 5.5 1.1 10.4 0.5
Bochum 20.8 33.7 22.2 3.3 5.6 6.1 2.3 5.7 0.3
Wuppertal 24.2 28.9 19.6 7.2 6.1 6.6 2.7 4.3 0.3
Bielefeld 27.7 24.9 22.3 7.0 3.4 6.1 2.9 4.4 1.0
Bonn 25.7 15.6 27.9 5.2 3.2 6.2 2.2 5.1 7.1 2.0
Münster 32.7 17.6 30.3 4.6 2.2 4.9 2.1 2.6 1.2 1.8
Mönchengladbach 34.0 25.2 21.2 5.5 5.9 4.1 2.7 1.4
Gelsenkirchen 23.2 35.1 12.2 4.0 12.9 3.5 2.0 4.8 2.2
Aachen 24.8 18.3 34.1 4.9 3.7 4.6 2.3 3.7 1.6 1.9
Krefeld 30.4 28.5 20.1 5.8 5.4 3.2 2.5 3.6 0.5
Oberhausen 32.8 31.7 14.4 3.0 7.6 5.1 4.6 0.8
Hagen 27.5 25.5 13.3 4.6 9.3 2.9 2.8 13.0 1.0
Hamm 33.4 37.1 12.7 5.1 4.7 2.9 3.8 0.3
Mülheim an der Ruhr 26.3 21.3 23.4 4.7 7.2 2.7 4.4 9.6 0.4
Leverkusen 27.8 25.2 18.2 4.8 5.7 4.5 14.8
Solingen 30.2 28.3 18.2 5.5 5.0 4.2 2.4 5.9 0.1
Herne 20.0 44.1 15.8 3.3 8.4 4.1 2.5 1.7
Bottrop 23.9 40.2 12.8 4.1 7.0 3.4 8.4
Remscheid 29.9 34.5 14.7 5.3 1.0 4.6 10.2
Mayors
City Elected mayor Party/Ticket Result
1st round 2nd round
Cologne Henriette Reker Independent 45.1% 59.3%
Düsseldorf Stephan Keller CDU 34.1% 56.0%
Dortmund Thomas Westphal SPD 35.9% 52.1%
Essen Thomas Kufen CDU 54.3%
Bochum Thomas Eiskirch SPD/Grüne 61.8%
Wuppertal Uwe Schneidewind CDU/Grüne 40.8% 53.5%
Bielefeld Pit Clausen SPD 39.7% 56.1%
Bonn Katja Dörner Grüne 27.6% 56.3%
Münster Markus Lewe CDU 44.6% 52.6%
Mönchengladbach Felix Heinrichs SPD 74.2%
Gelsenkirchen Karin Welge SPD 40.4% 59.4%
Aachen Sibylle Keupen Grüne 38.9% 67.4%
Krefeld Frank Meyer SPD 43.4% 62.4%
Oberhausen Daniel Schranz CDU 45.5% 62.1%
Hagen Erik O. Schulz CDU/Grüne/FDP 51.1%
Hamm Marc Herter SPD 40.7% 63.6%
Mülheim an der Ruhr Marc Buchholz CDU 25.4% 56.9%
Leverkusen Uwe Richrath SPD 46.1% 70.0%
Solingen Tim-Oliver Kurzbach SPD/Grüne 55.4%
Herne Frank Dudda SPD 63.4%
Bottrop Bernd Tischler SPD 73.1%
Remscheid Burkhard Mast-Weisz SPD/Grüne 60.6%

Results in districts

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District councils
City CDU SPD Grüne FDP AfD Linke PARTEI Pirate WG Others
Recklinghausen 33.6 30.4 17.2 4.5 7.1 4.2 2.9 0.2
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 39.4 21.5 21.8 5.7 4.6 3.2 1.2 1.2 1.4
Aachen 31.9 25.1 24.6 5.0 4.9 3.7 2.0 1.2 1.0 0.6
Mettmann 38.6 17.3 22.5 6.4 5.6 3.2 1.9 4.6
Rhein-Erft-Kreis 38.0 24.7 18.6 5.2 5.4 3.2 1.5 3.4
Wesel 32.8 29.7 19.0 5.5 5.6 4.1 3.3
Rhein-Kreis Neuss 37.8 23.2 19.0 6.9 4.5 2.3 1.9 3.3 1.2
Steinfurt 39.6 24.3 19.4 5.8 3.0 3.1 4.8
Märkischer Kreis 38.1 22.8 14.2 7.5 5.7 4.3 7.2
Unna 27.2 32.1 19.3 4.8 5.0 3.4 6.5 1.6
Borken 49.4 15.8 15.0 6.0 2.9 2.1 8.7 0.1
Gütersloh 39.1 19.2 21.0 5.8 4.4 2.4 0.4 7.6
Lippe 29.4 29.7 19.7 6.9 5.8 3.2 2.6 2.6
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis 26.8 31.3 20.8 5.8 5.3 3.8 2.5 3.7
Kleve 44.1 19.6 19.6 6.4 4.0 1.8 4.4
Minden-Lübbecke 35.8 28.3 16.8 6.5 5.9 2.8 3.5 0.4
Paderborn 46.8 15.5 18.2 5.6 4.9 3.2 2.2 2.8 0.6
Soest 41.9 20.3 16.4 6.7 4.5 2.7 6.0 1.4
Viersen 42.0 19.4 20.9 7.1 3.9 2.8 2.0 0.5 1.4
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis 37.2 18.8 24.4 6.5 4.8 2.9 5.4
Warendorf 41.3 20.7 18.8 6.3 3.4 2.5 1.5 5.6
Siegen-Wittgenstein 33.7 30.0 14.0 6.1 6.7 3.5 6.0
Oberbergischer Kreis 39.4 21.4 17.3 7.0 5.9 3.0 6.0
Düren 41.0 25.2 15.0 4.4 6.4 2.6 1.1 4.3 0.1
Hochsauerlandkreis 48.3 21.2 13.6 6.1 3.7 2.0 5.1
Heinsberg 51.5 15.6 16.7 4.9 4.3 2.7 3.8 0.5
Herford 29.9 35.4 16.0 3.8 5.9 3.3 2.9 2.9
Coesfeld 47.0 16.9 21.7 5.5 0.6 2.3 3.9 2.1
Euskirchen 38.5 23.9 15.1 7.9 6.5 2.4 0.8 4.9
Höxter 46.6 18.1 14.4 4.9 4.4 1.8 0.5 9.3
Olpe 51.6 18.4 12.2 4.3 4.0 2.0 7.5
District administrators
City Elected administrator Party/Ticket Result
1st round 2nd round
Recklinghausen Bodo Klimpel CDU/FDP 38.3% 50.5%
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Sebastian Schuster CDU 53.2%
Aachen No election
Mettmann Thomas Hendele CDU 51.0%
Rhein-Erft-Kreis Frank Rock CDU 44.5% 57.3%
Wesel Ingo Brohl CDU 36.4 53.5%
Rhein-Kreis Neuss Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke CDU 49.7^% 59.8%
Steinfurt Martin Sommer Independent 28.1% 68.7%
Märkischer Kreis Marco Voge CDU 42.1% 56.3%
Unna Mario Löhr SPD 41.1% 61.9%
Borken Kai Zwicker CDU 67.2%
Gütersloh Sven-Georg Adenauer CDU 54.4%
Lippe Axel Lehmann SPD 40.3% 56.0%
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Olaf Schade SPD/GRÜNE 61.6%
Kleve Silke Gorißen CDU 48.7% 54.2%
Minden-Lübbecke Anna Katharina Bölling CDU 46.3 63.7%
Paderborn Christoph Rüther CDU 53.4%
Soest Eva Irrgang CDU 56.5%
Viersen Andreas Coenen CDU 54.1%
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis No election
Warendorf Olaf Gericke CDU/FDP 63.2%
Siegen-Wittgenstein Andreas Müller SPD 54.4%
Oberbergischer Kreis Jochen Hagt CDU 63.5%
Düren Wolfgang Spelthahn CDU 57.8%
Hochsauerlandkreis Karl Schneider CDU 58.7%
Heinsberg Stephan Pusch CDU 79.9%
Herford Jürgen Müller SPD/GRÜNE 56.3%
Coesfeld Christian Schulze Pellengahr CDU 66.7%
Euskirchen Markus Ramers SPD 40.1% 60.4%
Höxter Michael Stickeln CDU 72.9%
Olpe Theo Melcher CDU 65.8%

Ruhr Parliament

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Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 540,753 29.9 29
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) 499,847 27.2 27
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) 373,953 20.3 20
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 129,822 7.1 7
The Left (LINKE) 75,769 4.1 4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 68,096 3.7 4
Die PARTEI 39,804 2.2 0
Action Party for Animal Protection (Tierschutz hier!) 36,601 2.0 0
Free Voters NRW (FW) 14,733 0.8 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 12,963 0.7 0
Volt Germany (Volt) 9,512 0.5 0
Duisburger Alternative List (DAL) 7,308 0.4 0
UWG: Free Citizens 5,528 0.3 0
Independent Citizens Party (UBP) 5,210 0.3 0
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 4,949 0.3 0
National Alliance Ruhr Region 4,239 0.2 0
Idea Community Ruhr (iGemRuhr) 3,570 0.2 0
The Violets (DIE VIOLETTEN) 2,671 0.1 0
Alliance C – Christians for Germany (Bündnis C) 1,894 0.1 0
Grassroots Democracy Now (Basisdemokratie jetzt) 1,834 0.1 0
Active (Aktiv) 1,072 0.1 0
Total 1,840,128 100.0 91
Blank/invalid votes 35,191 1.9
Registered voters/turnout 3,983,971 47.1
Source: State Returning Officer

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Local elections". Interior Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Local election law in North Rhine-Westphalia". Wahlrecht.de (in German). 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2014". State Returning Officer (in German). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2022.