Mayor election in Frankfurt am Main 2018

The election of mayor in Frankfurt am Main in 2018 took place on February 25, 2018, six years after the election of mayor in 2012 , in accordance with Section 39 (3) sentence 1 of the Hessian Municipal Code (HGO) . Since no candidate received an absolute majority, a run-off election took place on March 11, 2018 between the two candidates with the highest number of votes, Bernadette Weyland and Peter Feldmann , in accordance with Section 39 (1b) HGO . Feldmann won the runoff election with 70.8% of the vote and began his second term.

Starting position

The incumbent was Peter Feldmann ( SPD ), who won a runoff election in 2012 against the then Hessian Interior Minister Boris Rhein ( CDU ). A Kenya coalition made up of the SPD, CDU and the Greens has ruled Frankfurt since the local elections in Hesse in 2016 .

Candidates

Peter Feldmann stood for re-election. The CDU nominated Bernadette Weyland , State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Finance . Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg , honorary city councilor and former department head for integration of the city of Frankfurt , ran for the Greens . For the Left joined Janine Wissler , deputy party leader and parliamentary leader in Hesse state, at. The PARTY sent the city councilor Nico Wehnemann in the election for the mayor's office. The former Frankfurt minister for public order, Volker Stein, and the non-party Karsten Schloberg - a master hairdresser by profession - came forward as independent candidates . In addition, Michael Weingärtner ( Free Voters ), who works for the Frankfurt am Main fire brigade , and Ming Yang, who is among other things a member of the municipal foreigners' representation in Frankfurt am Main, competed . In addition, Felicia Herrschaft, who is currently working at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , and the qualified engineer Juli Wünsch and the laughter therapist Hein Gottfried Fischer were candidates .

Results

Peter Feldmann (2017)

Bernadette Weyland (2017)

First ballot

In the election on February 25, 2018, according to the preliminary final result, 46.0% of the voters voted for the incumbent Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD) and 25.4% for Bernadette Weyland (CDU). Since Feldmann missed an absolute majority, these two candidates will run for the runoff election on March 11th. The third largest share of the vote went to Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (Greens) with 9.3%, followed by Janine Wißler (Left) with 8.8% and the independent candidate Volker Stein with 5.9%. The remaining seven contenders achieved results below 2%. Result in the first ballot:

Surname	Political party	percent
Peter Feldmann	SPD	46.0
Bernadette Weyland	CDU	25.4
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg	Green	9.3
Janine Wissler	left	8.8
Volker Stein	independently	5.9
Michael Weingärtner	Free voters	1.5
Nico Wehnemann	The party	1.1
Karsten Schloberg	independently	0.8
Ming Yang	independently	0.5

The turnout was 37.6%.

Runoff

Since no candidate had an absolute majority in the first ballot, a runoff election between Peter Feldmann and Bernadette Weyland took place on March 11, 2018. In this runoff election, Feldmann was confirmed in office with a large majority.

Surname	Political party	percent
Peter Feldmann	SPD	70.8
Bernadette Weyland	CDU	29.2

The turnout was 30.2%.

Individual evidence

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↑ Official Journal of the City of Frankfurt am Main from July 4, 2017. Accessed on January 23, 2018 .

^ Anja Laud / Sandra Busch / Götz Nawroth: Mayor election in Frankfurt: Peter Feldmann remains Mayor in Frankfurt. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . March 11, 2018, accessed March 11, 2018 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Mayor election - These are the candidates for the mayor election in Frankfurt. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse . Frankfurter Societät , February 8, 2018, accessed on February 18, 2018 .

↑ Large majority for Weyland on faz. net; Retrieved April 28, 2017.

↑ OB candidacy: Nargess should provide a new departure on the website of the Frankfurter Neue Presse; Retrieved April 28, 2017.

↑ Satirist wants to become mayor on the website of the Frankfurter Neue Presse ; Retrieved October 25, 2017.

↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Volker Stein wants to run for the mayoral election in 2018: Interview with Volker Stein: "Bernadette Weyland is a nice woman" | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed October 3, 2017]).

↑ Frankfurt mayor election: one out, one in (faz.net, January 6, 2018)