Local elections in Bavaria in 2008
The municipal elections in Bavaria in 2008 took place on March 2nd , the runoff elections on March 16th . A total of 17 mayors in independent cities and 62 district administrators were available for election.
The turnout was 59.5%. The CSU was the strongest party with 40.0% , but suffered significant losses and achieved its worst overall result since 1966 (also 40.0%). The SPD reached 22.6% its worst result in the post-war period.
The next local elections in Bavaria in 2014 took place on March 16, 2014 (see also: Local elections in Bavaria 2014 ).
Result
Elected mayors and district administrators on March 2nd and 16th, 2008
| Nomination | Lord Mayor | District administrators | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSU | 9 | 40 | 49 |
| CSU and others | 1 | 4th | 5 |
| SPD | 6th | 7th | 13 |
| Otherwise. joint nominations | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Groups of voters | - | 10 | 10 |
| Together | 17th | 62 | 79 |
| District-free city | Lord Mayor | Nomination | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the mountain | Wolfgang Dandorfer | CSU | |
| Ansbach | Carda Seidel | BAP-FW / ödp | 1) 3) |
| augsburg | Kurt Gribl | CSU | 1) 3) |
| Coburg | Norbert Kastner | SPD | |
| gain | Siegfried Balleis | CSU | |
| Fuerth | Thomas Jung | SPD | |
| Ingolstadt | Alfred Lehmann | CSU | |
| Kaufbeuren | Stefan Bosse | CSU | |
| Kempten (Allgäu) | Ulrich Netzer | CSU / Free Voters-ÜP | |
| Munich | Christian Ude | SPD | |
| Nuremberg | Ulrich Maly | SPD | |
| Passau | Jürgen Dupper | SPD | 1) 2) |
| regensburg | Hans Schaidinger | CSU | 1) |
| Rosenheim | Gabriele Bauer | CSU | |
| Schwabach | Matthias Thürauf | CSU | 1) 3) |
| Straubing | Markus Pannermayr | CSU | 1) 3) |
| Wurzburg | Georg Rosenthal | SPD | 1) 2) |
1) runoff
2) previously CSU
3) previously SPD
Parties in detail
assemblies Voter turnout: 59.6% (2002: 63.2%)
CSU
The CSU suffered a loss of votes almost across the board and achieved 40%, the worst nationwide result in a local election since 1966; But it remained the strongest party by a clear margin ahead of the SPD. In Weiden in the Upper Palatinate , the share of the vote was almost halved. There and in Nuremberg, it had to give up its position as the strongest party to the SPD.
In all counties , however, the CSU became the strongest party.
SPD
The SPD also suffered a loss of votes and achieved its worst result in the post-war period with 22.6%. However, she was able to defend her mayorships in Munich and Nuremberg with an almost two-thirds majority .
The SPD became the strongest party in the independent cities of Munich , Nuremberg , Coburg and Weiden in the Upper Palatinate and even won an absolute majority in Fürth . In addition, it was surprisingly able to prevail for the first time since 1949 in the district election in the Munich district.
GREEN
The GREENS were among the winners of the local elections. In the district of Freising , member of the state parliament Christian Magerl managed to get into the second ballot in the district council election, which he lost. With 8.2% of the vote, the Greens achieved their best result in Bavarian local elections to date.
Groups of voters
The independent voter groups achieved an increase of 3.4% to 19.0% of the votes . This also includes those in the Association of Free Voters in Bavaria V. organized groups of voters that were not recorded separately.
FDP
The FDP received 3.8% of the vote. This is the party's best result in Bavarian local elections in 50 years.
ödp
The ödp was able to increase the number of its municipal mandates from 239 to 324. In Passau, with 15.2%, the ödp achieved its greatest election success in Germany to date at the level of the districts and urban districts.
See also
Web links
- Complicated, but voter-friendly - explanatory page of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation on local voting rights in Bavaria.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: Local elections in Bavaria since 1946
- ↑ Local elections in Bavaria on 2./16. March 2008 - Preliminary results . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ Local elections in Bavaria - Lord Mayor in the independent cities of Bavaria . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ Local elections in Bavaria - district administrators in the districts of Bavaria . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ Local elections in Bavaria on March 2, 2008 - final results . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
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