Local elections in Burscheid

Burscheid coat of arms

The local elections in Burscheid take place every five years. The district town of Burscheid is part of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .

history

At the local elections in 2009 were four parties , two groups of voters and a single applicant. The alliance ran for Burscheid for the first time . The city council was increased by 10 seats to 42 seats through compensation mandates. The CDU became the strongest faction. Stefan Caplan (CDU) became mayor.

In the 2014 local elections, the 32 representatives of the council will be elected. The urban area was divided into 16 electoral districts. The mayoral candidates include Stefan Caplan (CDU), Michael Baggeler (BfB) and Robby Simon (Die Linke).

Voting shares and seats

2009

The local elections on August 30, 2009 led to the following result for the composition of the Burscheider city council:

Political party / Voter group	be right	Share of votes	+/-	Seats
CDU	2,464	30.95%	- 9.1	13
SPD	1,771	22.25%	+ 5.0	9
BfB (a)	1,460	18.34%	+ 18.3	8th
Green	899	11.29%	+ 1.1	5
FDP	787	9.89%	- 0.6	4th
UWG (b)	515	6.47%	- 5.6	3
Dr. Voss (c)	65	0.82%	+ 0.8	0

^(a) Alliance for Burscheid

^(b) Independent voter community

^(c) Individual applicants

The turnout was 54.28 percent. At the same time the mayor was elected:

candidate	Share of votes in%
Stefan Caplan, CDU	37.76
Bodo Jakob, SPD	21.37
Ulrich Voss	10.86
Michael Baggeler	30.02

Stefan Caplan (CDU) was elected full-time mayor.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ That's us - alliance for Burscheid . Alliance for Burscheid eV. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
2. ↑ Council election on August 30, 2009 overall result . City of Burscheid. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
3. ↑ Council election on August 30, 2009, allocation of seats . City of Burscheid. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
4. ↑ Council election on August 30, 2009, overall voter turnout . City of Burscheid. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
5. ↑ Election of the mayor 08/30/2009 overall result . City of Burscheid. Retrieved October 25, 2015.