Local elections in Overath

Overath

The local elections in Overath are held every five years. The district town of Overath is part of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .

history

In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2009 , the CDU was the strongest parliamentary group in the Overath Council. The turnout was 59.0%.

Five associations, namely CDU, SPD, FDP, Greens, Bürger für Overath (BfO) , ran for the city ​​council in the 2014 local elections .

Candidates for mayor in 2014 were: incumbent Andreas Heider (CDU), Jörg Weigt (SPD) and Wolfgang Krämer (BfO). A runoff election will take place on June 15, 2014 between Weigt and Heider.

Election results

City council election 2009

Turnout: 59.0%

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.6

20.3

19.3

15.1

3.5

1.1

CDU

SPD

FDP

Green

BFO ^e

Independent

Gains and losses

compared to 2004

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-8.5

-3.8

+4.2

+3.4

+3.5

+1.1

CDU

SPD

FDP

Green

BFO ^e

Independent

Remarks:

^e citizens for Overath

2004

list	be right	Percentage
CDU	6 045	49.1
SPD	2,971	24.1
FDP	1 858	15.1
GREEN	1 442	11.7

2009

list	be right	Percentage
CDU	5 060	40.6
SPD	2,535	20.3
FDP	2 404	19.3
GREEN	1 884	15.1
Citizens for Overath	437	3.5
Individual applicants	140	1.1

Seats

Allocation of seats in the city council 2009–2014

     

A total of 44 seats

• CDU : 18
• SPD : 9
• FDP : 8
• Greens : 7
• BFO : 2

2004

There were 38 seats in total.

Political party	Seats
CDU	19th
SPD	9
GREEN	4th
FDP	6th

2009

There were 44 seats in total.

Political party	Seats
CDU	18th
SPD	9
FDP	8th
Green	7th
BFO	2

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result of the city council elections in 2009, NRW regional return officer
2. ↑ ^{a b} Bergische Landeszeitung , April 8, 2014 ( online )
3. ^ Citizens for Overath