Local elections in Odenthal

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Coat of arms of Odenthal

The local elections in Odenthal take place every five years. The district of Odenthal belongs to the Rheinisch-Bergisch district . The municipal council has 32 seats plus the mayor .

history

Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire

In Odenthal, the first municipal council elections were held on October 27, 1846, following the enactment of the municipal ordinance for the Rhine Province on July 23, 1845. Men who had reached the age of 24 were eligible to vote. The eligible voters were divided into one of three departments ( three-class voting rights ) depending on their tax revenue, which was essentially determined by the property . Each of these departments elected six ward council members. People without tax liability did not belong to any department and therefore had no right to vote. Further elections of the municipal council followed on March 21, 1850 and on March 3, 1855. The municipal council consisted of 18 council members, the mayor and the aldermen at this time. By 1916, a total of 23 municipal council elections were held. In the municipal council election in 1916, the three-class voting system was used for the last time.

Weimar Republic

After the end of the First World War, a new municipal council was elected on November 16, 1919, to which the German Center Party sent 14 representatives. The SPD and USPD had four seats. In the local elections that followed on May 4, 1924, the German Center Party and the SPD also ran the KPD and the Reich Party of German Middle Classes. After these elections, the Center Party had the strongest parliamentary group in the local council with eleven seats, the KPD and the Mittelstand party each received three seats, the SPD had one seat. After the local council elections on November 17, 1929, the new council consisted of nine representatives from the Center Party four council members of the working group for agriculture and trade, three members of the KPD and two mandate holders of the SPD. In this election, for the first time, a woman who had run for the KPD was elected to the Odenthal municipal council.

time of the nationalsocialism

After Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933 and the beginning of the National Socialist conquest of power, a new municipal council was elected in Odenthal on March 12, 1933. Due to the election results, the Center Party received eight seats, the Volksgemeinschaft received seven seats, the KPD two seats and the SPD one seat. The two elected representatives of the KPD were stripped of their mandates just a few days after the election. A short time later, the SPD council member was also revoked. After that, the council consisted of only 15 council members. On May 19, 1933, the mayor announced at the municipal council meeting that the parliamentary group of the Volksgemeinschaft had converted to the NSDAP . By December 1933, three council members of the Center Party resigned and three others were recognized as interns by the NSDAP parliamentary group. The vacant council seats were not filled. No further municipal council elections took place until the end of World War II . The municipal council consisted only of appointed members and a parliamentary group, the NSDAP.

History after 1945

After the end of the Second World War in Europe on May 8, 1945 and the division of Germany into zones of occupation, the responsible British district commander appointed a mayor for Odenthal on June 30, 1945. This mayor was assigned an advisory committee made up of eight also appointed mayor. On the basis of a decree of December 15, 1945, a total of 19 community representatives were named, who had to be approved by the occupying power beforehand. The election result from 1929 formed the basis for the distribution of seats in this municipal council. After the CDU had renounced a mandate in favor of the SPD, on January 7, 1946, the municipal council consisted of eleven CDU council members and four members each from the KPD and the SPD.

On September 15, 1946, the first local elections after the end of World War II were held. The candidates had to be approved in advance of the election by the British county commander before the parish council members were determined by a personality vote . 14 candidates from the CDU and one candidate from the SPD were able to unite the necessary votes. On September 27, 1946, the municipal council elected a new mayor who, in addition to chairing the council, had primarily representative tasks. The management of the local government had been the responsibility of a British-style community director since February 12, 1946.

On October 17, 1948, another local election took place, this time according to proportional representation . Further local elections followed on November 9, 1952, October 28, 1956 and March 19, 1961. The Communist Council, which emerged from the election in 1948, was the last time the KPD was represented. In the municipal councils from 1952 and 1956, the Federation of Expellees was represented with two and one seat respectively. From 1956 the FDP was present in the local council. In the municipal councils from 1961 to 1989 only three parties, the CDU, the FDP and the SPD, were represented. Further local elections were held on September 27, 1964 and November 9, 1969. After the municipal territorial reform , the effects of which came into force for the municipality of Odenthal on January 1st, 1975, a new municipal council was elected on May 4th, 1975. Since the municipal council election on September 12, 1999, the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party has been represented in the Odenthal municipal council. The voter community Bürgerrunde Odenthal (BR-O) eV was founded on January 3rd, 2009 and presented candidates for the first time in the local elections in 2009.

The turnout was 64.8 percent in 1999, 67.7 percent in 2004, 67.0 percent in 2009 and 62.3 percent of those eligible to vote in 2014.

Six associations applied for the municipal council in the 2014 municipal elections : CDU, SPD, FDP, UWG Odenthal , BürgerRunde Odenthal and Greens. There were 16 constituencies.

Voting proportions

Local election 2014
Turnout: 62.3%
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50
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50.3%
17.8%
15.4%
7.2%
5.6%
3.7%
Party / group of voters Proportion of valid votes in percent
2014 2009 2004 1999
CDU 50.3 40.5 45.3 51.6
SPD 17.8 16.3 19.9 23.0
FDP 7.2 13.8 10.9 9.7
B'90 / The Greens 15.4 14.2 9.8 6.3
UWG 3.7 9.1 12.5 9.4
Citizens Round Odenthal 5.6 4.9
Others 1.2 1.7

Seats

Allocation of seats in the municipal council since June 1, 2014
      
A total of 32 seats

The Odenthal municipal council consists of 32 elected councilors and, by law, the mayor. A total of 16 direct mandates are awarded in the respective electoral districts. A further 16 council members are elected from the reserve lists of the parties or groups of voters. The total number of municipal council members can be increased to compensate for the ratio by means of overhang mandates , which, if necessary, are also chosen from the reserve lists of the parties or groups of voters.

Distribution of seats from 1999
Party / group of voters 2014 2009 2004 1999
CDU 17th 16 17th 17th
SPD 5 6th 7th 7th
GREEN 5 5 4th 2
FDP 2 5 4th 3
UWG 1 4th 4th 3
Citizens Round Odenthal 2 2

Mayoral elections

After the abolition of the so-called municipal dual leadership , in 1997 the municipal council elected the then municipal director Johannes Maubach ( CDU ) as the first full-time mayor of the municipality of Odenthal.

In the first direct election of the full-time mayor, Johannes Maubach (CDU) was confirmed in office on September 12, 1999 with 52.9 percent of the valid votes.

On September 26, 2004, Johannes Maubach (CDU) achieved 48.6 percent, the non-party candidate Adrianus Nijkamp 22.4 percent, André Pilnei ( SPD ) 20.1 percent and Walter Nobbe ( FDP ) 8.9 percent of the valid votes Mayoral election. This result made a runoff election on October 10, 2004 necessary. In this run-off election, Johannes Maubach (CDU) was re-elected as mayor with 58.3 percent of the valid votes.

In September 2008, Wolfgang Roeske was nominated as a joint candidate for the mayoral election in Odenthal by the SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the FDP. The then incumbent mayor Johannes Maubach ran again for the CDU. On August 30, 2009, Wolfgang Roeske (SPD / GRÜNE / FDP) was elected mayor with 52.0 percent of the valid votes.

At the meeting of the municipal council on March 12, 2015, the now non-party mayor Wolfgang Roeske announced that he would not run again. Michaela Bräutigam (CDU), Klaus-Georg Wey (Greens / SPD), Bernd Pugell (FDP) and Robert Lennerts (independent) were approved as candidates for the mayoral election in September 2015. 54.92 percent of those eligible to vote took part in the mayoral election on September 13, 2015. A total of 7,004 valid votes were cast, which were distributed as follows:

Candidates absolutely %
Michaela Bräutigam, CDU 3,275 46.76
Dr. Klaus-Georg Wey, Greens, SPD 834 11.91
Dr. Bernd Pugell, FDP 451 6.44
Robert Lennerts, individual applicant 2,444 34.89

Since none of the applicants was able to collect more than half of the valid votes, a run-off between Michaela Bräutigam (CDU) and Robert Lennerts (individual applicant) took place on September 27, 2015, in which Robert Lennerts (individual applicant) with 50 .05 percent of the valid votes were elected mayor. The turnout in this run-off election was 52.34 percent.

The term of office of Wolfgang Roeske (non-party) as mayor ended on October 20, 2015. Robert Lennert's successor (non-party), who was elected on September 27, 2015, took office on October 21, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. pp. 274-276.
  2. ↑ Municipal election with small print (PDF) Municipal archive Odenthal. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. p. 293.
  4. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. p. 295.
  5. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. pp. 304-306.
  6. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. pp. 312-314.
  7. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. p. 331.
  8. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. p. 335.
  9. ↑ Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987. pp. 337-340.
  10. ↑ objectives of the citizens round-Odenthal. August 15, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 .
  11. ↑ a b c d e 2014 municipal elections . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia -The State Returning Officer-. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ CDU Odenthal
  13. ^ UWG Odenthal ( Memento from September 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ BürgerRunde Odenthal
  15. ↑ Green Odenthal
  16. ↑ Bergische Landeszeitung , April 8, 2014 ( online )
  17. ↑ a b Local elections on August 30, 2009 - Final result for: Odenthal . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  18. ↑ a b Local elections 2004 - final result for Odenthal . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  19. ^ A b State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections; Issue 4: Results by municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia - 1999. , 1999, pp. 8–115.
  20. ↑ a b § 3 Local Election Act
  21. ↑ § 40 Municipal Code for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (GO NRW)
  22. ↑ Thomas Frank: Nature and landscape as an Odenthal attraction - questions to Johannes Maubach, Mayor of the Odenthal community (PDF; 2.7 MB) In: CDUinform - CDU magazine in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, No. 9 . Christian Democratic Union Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis. S. 20. 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved on February 21, 2019.
  23. ↑ Local elections 1999 - election of the councils and mayors of the municipalities belonging to the district - Odenthal . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  24. ^ The town hall - Official Gazette of the Odenthal municipality (PDF) Odenthal municipality. P. 1. Accessed June 4, 2015.
  25. ↑ Local elections 2004 - final result for Odenthal mayoral election . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  26. ↑ Common candidate: Wolfgang Roeske . Website of Bündnis´90 / Die Grünen Ortsverband Odenthal. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  27. ↑ Karin M. Erdtmann: Maubach achieved 90 percent . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , December 4, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2015.
  28. ↑ Local elections on August 30, 2009 - Final result for: Odenthal mayoral election . Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  29. ↑ Minutes of the meeting of the municipal council of the Odenthal municipality on Thursday, March 12th, 2015 (PDF) Odenthal municipality. S. 5. Accessed June 4, 2015.
  30. ^ Minutes of the meeting of the election committee in Odenthal (PDF) Municipality of Odenthal. S. 5. Retrieved August 9, 2005.
  31. ↑ Election book election of the mayor 13.09.2015 (PDF) Municipality of Odenthal. S. 4. September 13, 2015. Accessed September 13, 2015.
  32. ↑ § 46 c Local Election Act
  33. ↑ Minutes of the meeting of the election committee to determine the election result of the runoff election of the mayor (PDF) Municipality of Odenthal. S. 2. September 30, 2015. Accessed October 3, 2015.
  34. ↑ Dates for local elections and mayoral elections in NRW . Association of cities and municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia. May 24, 2013. Accessed February 21, 2019.