Results of the mayor elections in Munich

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The results of the mayoral elections in Munich list all elections since 1946.

Parties and groups of voters

Mayor elections

In 1946 and 1948, the mayor was first elected by the city council and only from 1952 onwards by the citizens of Munich. The mayor's term of office was four years between 1948 and 1960. From the term of office beginning in 1960, the mayor is directly elected every six years.

No. date Election winner Political party be right other candidates annotation
May 26, 1946 Karl Scharnagl CSU 35 (89.7%) The remaining 4 votes went to Thomas Wimmer ( SPD ) (10.3%) On May 4, 1946, appointed Lord Mayor by the American occupying forces

Elected by the city council on May 26, 1946 with 35 of 39 valid votes

July 1, 1948 Thomas Wimmer SPD 33 (66.0%) The remaining 17 votes were abstentions (34.0%) Elected by the city council by runoff with 33 votes out of 50
01. March 30, 1952 Thomas Wimmer SPD 233,846
(60.9%) 		Walther von Miller ( CSU ) (23.2%);

Anton Besold ( BP ) (10.9%);
Walther Sternfeld ( FDP ) (1.5);
Edith Hoereth amount ( SdE ) (2.2%);
Emma Vossler ( PW ) (1.3%)

The people of Munich chose their mayor and the new city council themselves for the first time.
02. March 18, 1956 Thomas Wimmer SPD 240,082
(58.3%) 		Otto Seemüller  ( CSU ,  MB ,  BHE ) (38.1%);

Hans Keller ( PW ) (3.6%)

Otto Seemüller was a joint candidate from three parties
03. March 27, 1960 Hans-Jochen Vogel SPD 316,817
(64.2%) 		Josef Müller ( CSU ) (22.1%);

Adolf Hieber ( BP ) (10.4%);
Hans Keller ( PW ) (3.3%)

From these elections, the legislative period for the city council and the mayor will be six years instead of the previous four years.
04th March 13, 1966 Hans-Jochen Vogel SPD 400,954
(78.0%) 		Georg Brauchle ( CSU ) (19.1%);

Hans Keller ( PW ) (2.2%);
Josef Ketzler (0.7%)

05. June 11, 1972 Georg Kronawitter SPD 299,314
(55.9%) 		Winfried Zehetmeier ( CSU ) (37.6%);

Hans A. Engelhard (FDP) (3.2%);
Günther Muller ( SD72 ) (2.5%);
Hans Schneider (0.5%);
Hermann Buhl (0.3%)

The former districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 were merged to form the 1st district, and the former districts 14 and 15 to form the 14th district
06th March 5th 1978 Erich Kiesl CSU 273,605
(51.4%) 		Max von Heckel ( SPD ) (39.2%);
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen ( FDP ) (5.2%);

Helmut Gittel ( SRB ) (2.6%);
H. Schneider (0.6%);
Max Winkler ( AUD ) (0.4%);
G. Pemler (0.3%);
R. Steinacker (0.2%);
K. Greller ( KBW ) (0.1%);
P. Stalleicher (0.0%);
A. Nusser (0.0%)

07th March 18, 1984 Georg Kronawitter SPD 253,942
(48.2%) 		Erich Kiesl ( CSU ) (44.3% [41.9%]);

Manfred Brunner ( FDP ) (3.6%);
Georg Welsch ( Greens ) (3.1%);
Horst Bergmann ( DKP ) (0.4%);
Georg Pemler ( NPD ) (0.3%);
Elke Fimmen ( EAP ) (0.1%)

Georg Kronawitter was elected by runoff on April 1, 1984 with 337,196 (58.1%) of the vote;

With effect from October 1, 1983, the former districts 6 and 8 were merged to form the 6th district

08th. March 18, 1990 Georg Kronawitter SPD 348,423
(61.6%) 		Hans Klein ( CSU ) (26.3%);

Ingrid Schönhuber ( REP ) (5.0%);
Sabine Csampai ( Greens ) (4.0%);
Heidrun Kaspar ( FDP ) (2.2%);
Mechtild von Walter ( ÖDP ) (0.4%);
Kurt-Peter Neumann ( BBP ) (0.2%);
Doris Henkel ( UWM ) (0.2%);
Gudrun Fischer ( HP ) (0.1%);
Elke Fimmen ( CMPD ) (0.1%)

09. September 12, 1993 Christian Ude SPD 270,475
(50.8%) 		Peter Gauweiler ( CSU ) (43.3%);

Heinz F. Kremzow ( REP ) (2.8%);
Bernhard Fricke ( DaGG ) (1.7%);
Mechtild von Walter ( ÖDP ) (0.5%);
Mr. Brenner ( BP ) (0.4%);
Mrs. Seligmann ( APD ) (0.3%);
Ms. Kuffer ( HP ) (0.1%);
Elke Fimmen ( BBS ) (0.1%);
Ms. Frank ( FVP ) (0.0%)

On June 30, 1993, Lord Mayor Georg Kronawitter resigned prematurely from his office.
10. June 13, 1999 Christian Ude SPD 303,425
(61.2%) 		Aribert Wolf ( CSU ) (37.2%);

Rainer Stinner ( FDP ) (1.6%)

The results of the elections at the district level are not comparable with those of the previous elections, as the districts were re-divided on March 1, 1996.
11. March 3, 2002 Christian Ude SPD 296,245 (64.5%) Hans Podiuk ( CSU ) (29.2%);

Hep Monatzeder ( Greens ) (2.7%);
Gabriele Neff ( FDP ) (1.5%);
Johann Weinfurtner ( REP ) (0.7%);
Gerhard Losher ( FW ) (0.7%);
Mechtild von Walter ( ÖDP ) (0.7%)

Due to the early resignation of Christian Ude , the mayor election took place for the first time since 1990 at the same time as the city council elections.
12. March 2, 2008 Christian Ude SPD 312,526 (66.8%) Josef Schmid ( CSU ) (24.4%);

Hep Monatzeder ( Greens ) (3.4%);
Michael Mattar ( FDP ) (2.7%);
Michael Piazolo ( FW ) (1.7%);
Markus Hollemann ( ÖDP ) (1.0%)

13. March 16, 2014 Dieter Reiter SPD 183,903 (40.4%) Josef Schmid ( CSU ) (36.7% [43.3%]);

Sabine Nallinger ( Greens ) (14.7%);
Michael Mattar ( FDP ) (1.4%);
Brigitte Wolf ( Die Linke ) (1.2%);
Tobias Ruff ( ÖDP ) (1.1%)

In a runoff on March 30, 2014 Dieter Reiter was elected with 253,753 (56.7%) of the votes;

Christian Ude was no longer able to run because the statutory age limit precluded a new candidacy.

14th March 15, 2020 Dieter Reiter SPD 259,928 (47.9%) Kristina Frank ( CSU ) (21.3% [28.3%])

Katrin Habenschaden ( Greens ) (20.7%)
Wolfgang Wiehle ( AfD ) (2.8%)
Tobias Ruff ( ÖDP ) (1.6%)
Jörg Hoffmann ( FDP ) (1.5%)
Thomas Lechner ( Die Linke ) (1.3%)
Hans-Peter Mehling ( FREE VOTERS / FW Munich) (0.9%)
Moritz Weixler ( The PARTY ) (0.6%)

 In the runoff election on March 29, 2020, Dieter Reiter was elected with 401,859 (71.7%) of the votes. Due to the rampant COVID-19 pandemic , the runoff vote was only possible by postal vote

See also

literature

  • Friedrich H. Hettler, Achim Sing (ed.): The Munich mayors. 200 years of lived city history. Munich: Volk Verlag 2008. ISBN 978-3-937200-42-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Capital of Munich District Administration Office - Electoral Office: Runoff election for the Lord Mayor 2020. muenchen.de - The official city portal, March 29, 2020, accessed on April 1, 2020 .