Local elections in Lower Saxony in 2016
The local elections in Lower Saxony in 2016 took place on September 11, 2016. The district councils , the Hanover regional assembly as well as the city, municipality and joint municipal councils were determined. At the same time, the city district councils and the local councils and also some district councilors and mayors were elected. You now have a term of office of five instead of eight years.
It was the 19th local or partial local elections since 1948.
The legal bases include:
- Lower Saxony Local Election Act (NKWG)
- Lower Saxony municipal electoral code (NKWO)
- Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG)
Starting position
As in the local elections in other federal states, the personality of the candidates also plays a stronger role in Lower Saxony than in state and federal elections. As a result - not least because of the right to vote - non-party applicants also have a chance. The CDU remained the strongest party nationwide in the 2011 elections, with the SPD just behind. Nevertheless, both parties lost percentage points, just like the FDP. The nationwide winner was the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party, which made strong gains. The Left was able to more than double its percentage, the others also gained, but most of their votes fell on local civic associations. The pirates received 0.5 percent of the vote in the municipal elections and 1.0 percent in the district elections. Right-wing parties played no role nationwide. At 55.5 percent, the turnout in this local election was slightly higher than in the last local election.
Eligible voters
In the 2016 municipal elections in Lower Saxony, all Germans and citizens of another EU state who had reached the age of 16 on election day were eligible to vote if they had been permanently resident in the electoral area for at least three months and were entered in the electoral roll. In addition, they were not allowed to be excluded from the right to vote on the basis of civil or criminal court decisions.
Candidates
Germans or citizens of another EU state who are at least 18 years old on election day and have lived in the respective electoral area for at least six months and are not excluded from eligibility (Section 49 of the Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Act - NKomVG) can apply for a municipal mandate in a representation ). Candidates for a nomination from one party may not be members of another party. Applicants on the nomination of a group of voters do not have to be members of the group of voters.
Nominations
In the local elections in Lower Saxony on September 11, 25 parties ran. In addition, groups of voters and individuals could also stand for election. The state election committee announced the participating parties two and a half months before the polls. The parties that are represented in the Lower Saxony state parliament or in the Bundestag did not need recognition :
- CDU in Lower Saxony
- SPD Lower Saxony
- Alliance 90 / The Greens Lower Saxony
- FDP Lower Saxony
- The left
The following organizations were also recognized as parties:
- Alliance for Progress and Awakening (ALFA) Lower Saxony
- Alternative for Germany (AfD) Lower Saxony
- Alliance C - Christians for Germany - AUF & PBC Lower Saxony
- Alliance for Innovation & Justice
- Democratic center of Germany, ecological, economic, social, Lower Saxony regional association
- German Communist Party
- German Center Party
- The unit - Landesverband Niedersachsen
- The Frisians
- The Just Democrats
- The Republicans
- One world party
- Family Party of Germany , Lower Saxony State Association
- Free voters Lower Saxony
- National Democratic Party of Germany State Association of Lower Saxony
- New Liberals - The Social Liberals - Landesverband Niedersachsen
- Ecological Democratic Party , Lower Saxony State Association
- Party of Reason Lower Saxony
- The PARTY (party for work, rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative), Lower Saxony regional association
- Pirate Party Lower Saxony
Electoral process
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According to § 4 (electoral principles, electoral system) of the Lower Saxony Local Election Act (NKWG), the bodies to be elected are elected in general, direct, free, equal and secret and proportional representation connected with the election of persons. Each voter has three votes, which can be cumulative or variegated . You can choose not only the individual candidates, but also the lists for which they stand. This gives voters the opportunity to successfully elect individual candidates with poor list placement by corresponding personal votes. The distribution of seats is based on the Hare-Niemeyer method , there is no explicit threshold clause .
There is only one vote in person elections (district administrators, mayors and lord mayors). If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes, there will be a runoff two weeks later between the two best placed applicants.
Election results
District elections
In district elections, the district council of a district or the council of an independent city is elected. The results are shown here cumulatively for the entire state.
Overall result
| Eligible voters | 6,506,745 | ||
| Voters | 3,613,962 | ||
| voter turnout | 55.5 | ||
| Invalid ballot | 68,046 | ||
| Valid ballot papers | 3,545,916 | ||
| Valid votes | 10,362,341 | ||
| Parties | be right | percent | Seats |
| CDU | 3,559,753 | 34.4 | 794 |
| SPD | 3,235,301 | 31.2 | 736 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 1,126,468 | 10.9 | 242 |
| FDP | 494.294 | 4.8 | 113 |
| The left | 339.878 | 3.3 | 75 |
| PIRATES | 57,469 | 0.6 | 9 |
| NPD | 12,935 | 0.1 | 1 |
| AfD | 812,645 | 7.8 | 177 |
| The Frisians | 3,530 | 0.0 | 1 |
| ALFA | 20,888 | 0.2 | 2 |
| FAMILY | 1,683 | 0.0 | 1 |
| CENTER | 3,376 | 0.0 | 1 |
| The party | 33,228 | 0.3 | 5 |
| Alliance C | 2,775 | 0.0 | 0 |
| New liberals | 1,425 | 0.0 | 0 |
| The Ge De | 225 | 0.0 | 0 |
| ONE WORLD | 1,785 | 0.0 | 0 |
| BIG | 1,220 | 0.0 | 0 |
| DMD | 1,032 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Free voters | 14,848 | 0.1 | 4th |
| Groups of voters | 624,693 | 6.0 | 163 |
| Single applicant | 12,890 | 0.1 | 2 |
Results by circles
Former administrative district of Braunschweig
| No. | District or urban district | Eligible voters | WB | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | left | AfD | Flat share | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | ||||
| 101 | Braunschweig , city | 202.231 | 55.6% | 26.2 | 14th | 33.0 | 18th | 12.0 | 7th | 4.5 | 2 | 4.6 | 3 | 8.9 | 5 | 6.0 | 3 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 102 | Salzgitter , city | 79.203 | 45.5% | 33.3 | 15th | 41.3 | 18th | 7.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 5.8 | 2 | - | - | 8.7 | 4th | - | - |
| 103 | Wolfsburg , city | 100,818 | 52.3% | 24.9 | 11 | 29.9 | 14th | 7.5 | 3 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 10.5 | 5 | 17.3 | 8th | 3.6 | 2 |
| 151 | Gifhorn | 143,417 | 56.4% | 37.1 | 20th | 29.6 | 16 | 11.1 | 6th | 3.3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 6.8 | 4th | 0.5 | 0 |
| 153 | Goslar | 115.007 | 51.6% | 29.9 | 15th | 37.8 | 19th | 7.2 | 4th | 5.4 | 3 | 4.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 5 | 4.3 | 2 | - | - |
| 154 | Helmstedt | 77,322 | 55.2% | 33.4 | 14th | 34.4 | 15th | 7.6 | 3 | 4.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 7.7 | 3 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 155 | Northeim | 113,440 | 53.6% | 31.1 | 16 | 40.8 | 20th | 6.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 4th | 2.2 | 1 | 8.5 | 4th | 2.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 157 | Torment | 107,853 | 56.9% | 30.4 | 15th | 42.2 | 21st | 8.5 | 4th | 3.1 | 2 | 2.7 | 1 | 8.7 | 4th | 3.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 158 | Wolfenbüttel | 100,827 | 60.8% | 31.9 | 15th | 36.9 | 17th | 11.7 | 5 | 4.4 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 10.6 | 5 | - | - | 1.1 | 0 |
| 159 | Goettingen | 268,098 | 54.0% | 30.1 | 22nd | 34.7 | 25th | 12.8 | 9 | 4.4 | 3 | 4.4 | 3 | 5.4 | 4th | 4.4 | 3 | 3.8 | 3 |
Former district of Hanover
| No. | District or urban district | Eligible voters | WB | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | left | AfD | Flat share | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | ||||
| 241 | Hanover , region | 917.210 | 54.6% | 29.0 | 24 | 31.2 | 26th | 13.6 | 12 | 5.4 | 5 | 4.8 | 4th | 10.1 | 9 | 2.6 | 2 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 251 | Diepholz | 178,638 | 55.6% | 34.0 | 21st | 28.1 | 17th | 11.6 | 7th | 8.4 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 7.7 | 5 | 7.4 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 252 | Hameln-Pyrmont | 123.965 | 54.2% | 31.4 | 16 | 33.2 | 17th | 11.0 | 5 | 4.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 2 | 10.5 | 5 | 4.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 254 | Hildesheim | 228.474 | 57.6% | 32.7 | 21st | 35.7 | 23 | 10.2 | 6th | 3.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 9.4 | 6th | 6.1 | 4th | 0.0 | 0 |
| 255 | Holzminden | 58,921 | 57.3% | 30.2 | 13 | 34.0 | 14th | 8.9 | 4th | 11.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 1 | 7.8 | 3 | 6.0 | 2 | - | - |
| 256 | Nienburg / Weser | 99,631 | 53.9% | 39.9 | 18th | 29.6 | 14th | 8.6 | 4th | 3.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 4th | 7.7 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 257 | Schaumburg | 131,190 | 56.0% | 30.2 | 17th | 36.9 | 20th | 9.5 | 5 | 2.3 | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 9.6 | 5 | 9.9 | 5 | - | - |
Former administrative district of Lüneburg
| No. | District or urban district | Eligible voters | WB | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | left | AfD | Flat share | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | ||||
| 351 | Celle | 146.333 | 57.5% | 37.7 | 22nd | 26.6 | 16 | 8.4 | 5 | 5.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 10.7 | 6th | 7.1 | 4th | 2.0 | 1 |
| 352 | Cuxhaven | 166.244 | 55.8% | 39.1 | 23 | 34.7 | 20th | 8.5 | 5 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.6 | 2 | 8.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 353 | Harburg | 209,575 | 57.1% | 33.8 | 21st | 25.3 | 16 | 13.9 | 9 | 5.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 2 | 9.8 | 6th | 8.5 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 354 | Lüchow-Dannenberg | 41,239 | 59.1% | 30.3 | 13 | 17.9 | 7th | 11.6 | 5 | 3.0 | 1 | - | - | 7.3 | 3 | 29.9 | 13 | - | - |
| 355 | Luneburg | 146,890 | 58.5% | 28.0 | 16 | 30.1 | 18th | 17.4 | 10 | 5.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 4th | 9.3 | 5 | 3.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 356 | Osterholz | 93.293 | 55.8% | 30.8 | 14th | 32.9 | 15th | 12.3 | 6th | 2.7 | 1 | 5.5 | 3 | 9.2 | 4th | 6.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 357 | Rotenburg (Wümme) | 135.051 | 60.1% | 41.9 | 23 | 29.5 | 16 | 10.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 6.6 | 3 | 4.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 358 | Heidekreis | 115,483 | 55.2% | 36.9 | 18th | 32.9 | 17th | 9.4 | 5 | 3.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 6.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 359 | Stade | 166,309 | 58.0% | 34.1 | 20th | 28.1 | 16 | 10.3 | 6th | 3.9 | 2 | 2.7 | 2 | 8.8 | 5 | 10.3 | 6th | 1.8 | 1 |
| 360 | Uelzen | 78,565 | 57.4% | 36.0 | 15th | 27.1 | 11 | 13.6 | 6th | 3.5 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 | 7.7 | 3 | 9.9 | 4th | 0.6 | 0 |
| 361 | Verden | 110,327 | 56.6% | 35.4 | 18th | 31.3 | 16 | 14.2 | 7th | 4.7 | 2 | 3.1 | 2 | 9.2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 |
Former administrative district Weser-Ems
| No. | District or urban district | Eligible voters | WB | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | left | AfD | Flat share | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | percent | Seats | ||||
| 401 | Delmenhorst , city | 62.091 | 44.8% | 23.4 | 10 | 31.6 | 14th | 7.2 | 3 | 7.4 | 3 | 4.0 | 2 | 15.1 | 7th | 9.3 | 4th | 1.9 | 1 |
| 402 | Emden , city | 41,125 | 49.0% | 19.2 | 8th | 30.8 | 13 | 11.4 | 5 | 12.2 | 5 | 5.4 | 2 | - | - | 20.1 | 9 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 403 | Oldenburg , city | 133.010 | 53.6% | 22.1 | 11 | 32.8 | 16 | 19.1 | 10 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.9 | 5 | 4.7 | 2 | 2.8 | 2 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 404 | Osnabrück , city | 131,077 | 51.1% | 37.6 | 19th | 24.9 | 13 | 18.1 | 9 | 5.9 | 3 | 4.7 | 2 | - | - | 5.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 |
| 405 | Wilhelmshaven , city | 65,323 | 48.8% | 20.2 | 8th | 26.0 | 10 | 10.6 | 4th | 8.7 | 3 | 3.2 | 1 | 11.2 | 4th | 15.6 | 6th | 4.6 | 2 |
| 451 | Ammerland | 101,311 | 58.7% | 33.9 | 16 | 28.7 | 13 | 12.0 | 6th | 6.5 | 3 | 2.8 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 8.6 | 4th | 0.7 | 0 |
| 452 | Aurich | 159,720 | 56.9% | 24.9 | 14th | 39.7 | 23 | 8.5 | 5 | 3.7 | 2 | 3.3 | 2 | 6.1 | 4th | 12.2 | 7th | 1.7 | 1 |
| 453 | Cloppenburg | 130,408 | 55.2% | 57.9 | 28 | 21.7 | 10 | 5.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 454 | Emsland | 261,809 | 57.1% | 59.3 | 39 | 19.1 | 13 | 5.9 | 4th | 3.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 5.5 | 4th | 5.7 | 3 | - | - |
| 455 | Friesland | 83,568 | 56.5% | 24.3 | 10 | 34.3 | 15th | 10.3 | 4th | 5.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 3 | 15.9 | 7th | - | - |
| 456 | County of Bentheim | 111,467 | 54.0% | 47.2 | 24 | 30.6 | 15th | 7.5 | 4th | 4.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | - | - |
| 457 | Empty | 138,759 | 55.1% | 32.4 | 18th | 39.7 | 21st | 8.7 | 5 | 2.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 7.1 | 4th | 6.5 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 458 | Oldenburg | 107,705 | 56.8% | 30.7 | 15th | 30.6 | 15th | 12.0 | 6th | 9.7 | 5 | 2.8 | 2 | 7.9 | 4th | 4.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 459 | Osnabrück | 291,534 | 57.9% | 40.9 | 28 | 29.5 | 20th | 10.5 | 7th | 4.9 | 3 | 3.2 | 2 | 5.6 | 4th | 5.0 | 4th | 0.5 | 0 |
| 460 | Vechta | 110,533 | 57.7% | 59.1 | 28 | 20.1 | 10 | 4.2 | 2 | 4.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | - | - |
| 461 | Wesermarsch | 73,885 | 51.8% | 28.2 | 12 | 37.3 | 16 | 10.0 | 4th | 7.3 | 3 | 2.9 | 1 | 6.1 | 3 | 8.3 | 3 | - | - |
| 462 | Wittmund | 47,866 | 58.6% | 36.9 | 16 | 39.9 | 17th | 7.5 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 4.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 |
Municipal elections
In municipal elections , the municipal councils or city councils of the individual municipalities or cities are elected. The cumulative results for the entire federal state are shown below. The count does not include the results of the city council elections in urban districts , these are counted towards the district elections.
Overall result
| Eligible voters | 5,585,243 | ||
| Voters | 3,147,127 | ||
| voter turnout | 56.3% | ||
| Invalid ballot | 66,095 | ||
| Valid ballot papers | 3,081,032 | ||
| Valid votes | 9,026,235 | ||
| Parties | be right | percent | Seats |
| CDU | 3,220,878 | 35.7 | 5,577 |
| SPD | 2,899,286 | 32.1 | 4,659 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 823.291 | 9.1 | 1,048 |
| FDP | 368,894 | 4.1 | 464 |
| The left | 185.101 | 2.1 | 162 |
| ALFA | 12,369 | 0.1 | 13 |
| AfD | 261,573 | 2.9 | 198 |
| PIRATES | 31,295 | 0.3 | 17th |
| NPD | 6,402 | 0.1 | 11 |
| DKP | 1,827 | 0.0 | 0 |
| The party | 19,117 | 0.2 | 7th |
| Alliance C | 1,990 | 0.0 | 2 |
| ödp | 1,423 | 0.0 | 2 |
| The Frisians | 1,794 | 0.0 | 3 |
| CENTER | 3.165 | 0.0 | 5 |
| BIG | 514 | 0.0 | 0 |
| New liberals | 335 | 0.0 | 0 |
| The Ge De | 109 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Free voters | 12,081 | 0.1 | 18th |
| Groups of voters | 1,118,032 | 12.4 | 3,203 |
| Single applicant | 56,759 | 0.6 | 107 |
irregularities
After Die Linke had achieved an unusually high result of 21.55% in the city council election in Quakenbrück , the evidence of irregularities in the postal vote increased. The public prosecutor's office started investigations into suspected election fraud and searched the homes of eight suspects, mostly members of the left or family members. In November 2016, the city council unanimously voted to invalidate the postal vote. When it was repeated on March 5, 2017, Die Linke only got 16.56% and had to give up two of its seven seats.
In Bad Bevensen , the election committee had decided to exclude the Greens from the city council election because they had submitted a list of candidates with an incorrect order of places 2, 4 and 6. The Greens had sued against this non-admission to the election and got the right from the administrative court in Lüneburg in November 2017. A new election took place on March 11, 2018, in which the Greens won 46.24%.
See also
Web links
- State Returning Officer: Local election in Lower Saxony
- Reinhard Bingener: Report from the election campaign , FAZ.net, September 10, 2016
- Preliminary final result of the local elections of September 11 , 2016, Lower Saxony State Returning Officer , accessed on October 4, 2016 (pdf)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preliminary result of the district and municipal elections. In: Current-Wahlen-Niedersachsen.de , September 12, 2016.
- ↑ www.noz.de
- ↑ Local elections 2016 in Lower Saxony , Lower Saxony State Returning Officer, accessed on September 10, 2016
- ↑ Overall result of the elections for the municipal representatives on September 11, 2011. (PDF) Bek. D. State Returning Officer v. April 12, 2012 - LWL 11422 / 1.2.6 -. Lower Saxony State Returning Officer, April 12, 2012, p. 308 , accessed on December 21, 2015 .
- ↑ These 25 parties are eligible for local elections , haz.net
- ↑ 25 parties want to take part in the local elections (Lower Saxony State Returning Officer)
- ↑ Lower Saxony Local Election Act (NKWG)
- ↑ http://www.aktuelle-wahlen-niedersachsen.de/KW2016/Vorlaeufiges_Erresult_der_Kreis-_und_Gemeindewahlen.pdf
- ↑ http://www.aktuelle-wahlen-niedersachsen.de/KW2016/Vorlaeufiges_Erresult_der_Kreis-_und_Gemeindewahlen.pdf
- ↑ Quakenbrück: "Inconsistencies" with 161 votes. Norddeutscher Rundfunk , November 8, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Fraud: Quakenbrücker postal vote is repeated. Norddeutscher Rundfunk , November 29, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2017 .
- ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: The Left gets almost 22 percent in Quakenbrück - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Christian Geers: Preliminary test report: Suspicion of election fraud in Quakenbrück is confirmed . ( noz.de [accessed on March 19, 2017]).
- ↑ After manipulation: City Councilor Quakenbrück unanimously in favor of repeating the postal vote . ( noz.de [accessed on March 19, 2017]).
- ↑ Mirko Nordmann: CDU and SPD win seats: Postal voting in Quakenbrück: Left loses two seats in the city council . ( noz.de [accessed on March 19, 2017]).
- ↑ Christian Geers: Suspicion of forgery of documents: Election forgery: Eighth house search in Quakenbrück . ( noz.de [accessed on March 19, 2017]).
- ^ Dpa: Election fraud in Quakenbrück: Police are searching apartments. Focus , January 25, 2017, accessed May 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Dirk Fisser: Suspected fraud in postal votes: The Quakenbrück election fairy tale: A search for clues . ( noz.de [accessed on March 19, 2017]).
- ↑ https://www.az-online.de/uelzen/bad-bevensen/gericht-wahl-bevensen-ungueltig-9230816.html
- ↑ https://wahlen.itv-ue.de/wahl2017/bmwbeb2018/index.html
