Local elections in Bergisch Gladbach

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Coat of arms of Bergisch Gladbach with the Bergisch lion .

The municipal elections in Bergisch Gladbach take place every five years. The current urban area of Bergisch Gladbach was created in 1975 by merging the two independent cities of Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg, which were independent until the end of 1974 . The former districts of Immekeppel and Untereschbach were ceded to the city of Overath and Dürscheid to the municipality of Kürten . The Schildgen district was added by the Odenthal community . The Cologne Act was the main legal basis . Bergisch Gladbach has been a big city since 1977 . The city is part of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district . The city council has 62 seats.

history

City council election 2009
Turnout: 56.9%
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
40.3
24.9
13.1
10.0
4.4
3.8
3.4
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+3.5
-2.1
-0.5
-0.7
-1.0
-2.7
+3.4
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Remarks:
e Citizens for Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg eV
City council election 2014
Turnout: 54.35%
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
41.85
24.13
15.9
5.61
4.36
4.4
1.7
1.18
BGL
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Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+1.55
-0.77
+2.8
-4.39
+0.96
+4.4
+1.7
-2.62
BGL
D14
Allocation of seats in 2009 in the city council
        
A total of 62 seats
Allocation of seats in 2014 in the city council
        
A total of 62 seats

In the elections for the city ​​council , the CDU , the SPD , the FDP , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (before 1990: Die Grünen ), the citizens for Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg ( BfBB for short ), the KIDitiative and the Die Linke ( previously: Left Party ).

In 1999 Maria Theresia Opladen (CDU) became mayor.

The turnout in the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2004 was 56.0% in Bergisch Gladbach, and 56.9% in 2009. Klaus Ort (SPD) became mayor.

The CDU became the strongest parliamentary group in 2009. She also provided the mayor. The faction Citizens for Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg (BfBB) dissolved in the following period as early as 2009, two former BfBB council members formed their own FWG faction , and the third member joined the Left Party. This was renamed Die Linke / BfBB . This resulted in eight parliamentary groups.

In the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2014 , the following groups apply for the council election in Bergisch Gladbach: CDU, SPD, Greens, FDP, GL Citizens' Party , Alternative for Germany , Demokrative14 (formerly Kiditiative, reinforced by pirates), Citizens for Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg, The Left and the Citizens' Movement pro NRW (only 13 of 26 electoral districts covered). Twelve candidates from pro NRW were not admitted by the election committee, partly due to formal errors, some people did not even know that they had been nominated; all other groups nominated candidates for all 26 constituencies.

In the elections for the Integration Council in 2014 (from April 28, 2014), the international list, the democratic list and three individual applicants from the GL Citizens' Party took part. Of the 13,080 eligible voters, 1,490 took part in the election.

Voting shares

Share of votes of the parties in percent.

year CDU SPD Green FDP BfBB KID left
1975 51.5 38.0 9.8
1979 52.5 37.6 9.2
1984 46.8 33.1 11.7 8.1
1989 43.8 34.9 10.3 11.0
1994 47.3 34.2 12.2 6.3
1999 52.8 27.2 8.8 6.6 4.6
2004 36.8 27.0 13.6 10.7 5.5 6.5
2009 40.3 24.9 13.1 9.95 4.4 3.8 3.4

Seats

year CDU SPD Green FDP BfBB KID left
2009 25th 16 8th 6th 3 * 2 2

* before split

Mayoral elections

2009
Candidates absolutely %
Lutz Urbach , CDU / FDP 25.131 50.5
Klaus Orth, SPD 18,894 38.0
Renate Beisenherz Galas, Greens 3.126 6.3
Alexander Vossler, KID 1,139 2.3
Tomás M. Santillán, left 1,464 2.9
2014

In the election of the mayor on May 25, 2014, 48,206 valid votes were cast, of which:

Candidates absolutely %
Lutz Urbach, CDU 24,454 50.7
Michael Schubek, SPD 13,465 27.9
Peter Baeumle-Courth, Greens 5,463 11.3
Jörg Krell, FDP 1,892 3.9
Tomás M. Santillán, left 2,048 4.2
Klaus Graf, Democrat 14 884 1.8

Lutz Urbach ( CDU ) was elected full-time mayor . Since this was able to unite more than half of the valid votes, no runoff election was necessary.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CDU election program 2009 ( Memento from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Election program SPD 2009
  3. ^ Election program FDP 2004 ( Memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Election program FDP 2009
  5. ^ Election program Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen 2009
  6. ^ Election program Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen 2014
  7. ^ Citizens' election program for Bergisch Gladbach 2009
  8. ^ Election program Die Linke 2009
  9. ↑ Results of local elections 2009
  10. ^ Free voter community Bergisch Gladbach 2011 ( Memento from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Bergische Landeszeitung , April 8, 2014 ( online )
  12. ^ Election program Citizens' Party GL 2014
  13. ↑ a b Citizen Portal Bergisch Gladbach, April 10, 2014 ( online )
  14. ^ Election results for the Integration Council 2014
  15. ↑ Compilation of the results - election of the mayor on May 25 , 2014 ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the city of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  16. ↑ § 46 c Local Election Act