Munich City Council
The Munich City Council has since 1919 alongside the mayor organ of local self-government of the state capital Munich . The city council is elected for six years and meets in the New Town Hall . It includes the individual city council members and the mayor, who is chairman.
With a few exceptions, Munich has been ruled by an SPD- led city council majority since 1946 . In 1972 the Munich city parliament was expanded from 60 to 80 honorary members.
Allocation of seats in the city council
The following shows the distribution of seats after the local elections in Bavaria in 2020 and 2014 :
| Political party | 2020 election | Election 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | voting share |
Seats | voting share |
|
| Green | 23 | 29.1% | 13 | 16.6% |
| CSU | 20th | 24.7% | 26th | 32.6% |
| SPD | 18th | 22.0% | 25th | 30.8% |
| FDP | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3.4% |
| ÖDP | 3 | 4.0% | 2 | 2.5% |
| AfD | 3 | 3.9% | 2 | 2.5% |
| left | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 2.4% |
| FW | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2.7% |
| Pink list | 1 | 1.0% | 1 | 1.9% |
| BP | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.9% |
| Munich list | 1 | 0.8% | - | - |
| The party | 1 | 1.3% | - | - |
| volt | 1 | 1.8% | - | - |
| BIA | - | 0.2% | 1 | 0.7% |
| CAP | - | - | 1 | 1.3% |
| Pirates | - | - | 1 | 1.2% |
Political groups / groupings of the 2020 electoral term
- Parliamentary groups:
- Grouping:
Allocation of seats since 1946
| City council election | March 15, 2020 | March 16, 2014 | March 2, 2008 | March 3, 2002 | March 10, 1996 | June 12, 1994 | March 18, 1990 | March 18, 1984 | March 5th 1978 | June 11, 1972 | March 13, 1966 | March 27, 1960 | March 18, 1956 | March 30, 1952 | May 30, 1948 | May 26, 1946 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 18th | 25th | 33 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 44 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 25th | 15th | 17th |
| CSU | 20th | 26th | 23 | 30th | 32 | 30th | 25th | 35 | 42 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 20th |
| FDP | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Green | 23 | 13 | 11 | 8th | 8th | 9 | 8th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ÖDP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pink list | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The left | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BP | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 13 | - |
| FW | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BIA | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AfD | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| volt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munich list | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The party | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pirates | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CAP | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| republican | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DaGG / DaCG | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ASP | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BFB | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boy list | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SRB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munich block | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | - | - |
| SD72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BHE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| NPD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party-free electorate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Evangelical voter community | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| KPD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4th | 6th | 2 |
| Airmen and war victims | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Social community of the disenfranchised | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Royal party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| WAV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Non-party Catholics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Non-party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total seats | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 41 |
| Turnout in percent | 42.0 | 47.6 | 51.0 | 52.8 | 59.2 | 65.4 | 65.0 | 66.2 | 65.3 | 63.9 | 66.6 | 60.5 | 62.6 | 79.5 | 85.0 |
From 1948 the 34-year-old lawyer Otto Gritschneder was a member of the city council for the group of non-party Catholics . On the one hand, he campaigned for the processing of the Nazi legal history, but also spoke out against abortion and state divorces. The social community of the disenfranchised was represented from 1952 by the doctor Karl von Brentano-Hommeyer , who switched to the Bavarian party at the end of 1953. The seat for the party-free electorate was held by international lawyer Hans Keller for three legislative periods from 1952 to 1966 . The Munich bloc represented medium-sized interests and provided city councils for a total of 26 years. He was elected to parliament for the first time in 1952 and had prominent representatives, including Professor Liesel Beckmann . In 1960, the Evangelical Voting Community was a successful group that wanted to see the Protestant minority represented in the state capital. Ilse Herrmann was elected for one term. The Young List tried to run for office as early as 1990, but was not approved as an alleged CSU camouflage list. The then district chairman of the Junge Union and JL top candidate Aribert Wolf sued successfully against this decision and caused a re-election, in which he and another candidate moved into the city council in 1994.
Boards / Committees
The bodies or committees of the Munich City Council for the 2008 to 2014 electoral period are listed below with the corresponding abbreviation and the responsible department:
- Committee for Labor and Economics (Wirtschaft) Department for Labor and Economics
- Committee for Education and Sport (BildSportA) Department for Education and Sport
- Urban Planning and Building Regulations Committee (PlA) Department for Urban Planning and Building Regulations
- Building Committee (BauA) Building Department
- Finance Committee (FinanzA) City Treasury
- Health and Hospital Committee (Ges.u.KHA) Department for Health and Environment
- Health Committee (GesA) Department for Health and Environment
- Child and Youth Welfare Committee (KJHA) Social Department
- Municipal Committee (KommunalA) Municipal department
- District administration committee (KVA) District administration department
- Culture Committee (kultúra) Kulturreferat
- Audit Committee (RPA) Audit Office
- Social Committee (SozialA) Social department
- Social Assistance Committee (SHA) Social Department
- City drainage committee (StadtentwA) building department
- Environmental Protection Committee (UmweltA) Department for Health and Environment
- Administrative and Personnel Committee (VPA) Board of Directors
- Administrative and Personnel Committee as Holiday Senate (VPAalsF) Board of Directors
- General Assembly (VV) Directorate
- Council of Elders (ER) Directory
Professional councilors
In addition to the honorary city councilors, professional city councilors as municipal electoral officers head the departments of the city administration and advise the city council without having the right to vote there.
District Committees
Since then, a referendum in 1996 has directly elected the 25 Munich district committees , which correspond to “city district parliaments”. The district committees mediate between the city administration, the city council and the citizens. They have a number of rights.
In accordance with Annex 1 of the District Committee Statutes (No. 20 of Munich City Law), the district committees independently decide for their respective city district, among other things, on subordinate building and road construction projects of EUR 0.5 to 2.5 million, on the reorganization of street markets, on schools - and street names (except for personal honors) and the like. The mayor's decree last extended these powers in 2010 (for example, to decisions on the granting of grants of up to EUR 10,000, changes in curfew and the establishment of taxi stands). The prerequisite in each case is that the measures are only relevant within the city district. In most other cases, the City of Munich is only obliged to be heard or informed of the district committees.
The following district committees exist:
- BA 1 Altstadt-Lehel
- BA 2 Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
- BA 3 Maxvorstadt
- BA 4 Schwabing-West
- BA 5 Au-Haidhausen
- BA 6 Sendling
- BA 7 Sendling-Westpark
- BA 8 Schwanthalerhöhe
- BA 9 Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
- BA 10 Moosach
- BA 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart
- BA 12 Schwabing-Freimann
- BA 13 Bogenhausen
- BA 14 Berg am Laim
- BA 15 Trudering-Riem
- BA 16 Ramersdorf-Perlach
- BA 17 Obergiesing pheasant garden
- BA 18 Untergiesing-Harlaching
- BA 19 Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln
- BA 20 rags
- BA 21 Pasing-Obermenzing
- BA 22 Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied
- BA 23 Allach-Untermenzing
- BA 24 Feldmoching-Hasenbergl
- BA 25 Laim
Women in the Munich City Council
- 1919
- After the First World War, after the first city council election in Munich, four women entered the city council for the first time.
- 1985
- The Munich city council decides against the votes of the CSU to set up a women's equality office, the first municipal equality office in Bavaria. Friedel Schreyögg ( SPD ) is in charge .
- 1990
- With Sabine Csampai, the Munich City Council elects a Munich mayor for the first time.
- 2004
- Five of the twelve professional Munich city councilors are women, which is an all-time high. Rosemarie Hingerl becomes the first head of the building department.
Compensation for honorary councilors
The honorary city councilors receive a monthly allowance of 2,291.95 euros. The chairmen of the city council groups receive compensation of 4,524.45 euros and the deputy chairmen receive 3,408.20 euros.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-kommunalwahl-kleine-partments-im-stadtrat-1.4822335 Article from March 1, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020
- ↑ District committee offices . State capital Munich. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ [1] State capital Munich. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ↑ Main statute of the City of Munich (§ 4 Paragraph 1) of October 12, 2012. City Council resolution of October 4, 2012. City of Munich. Retrieved November 5, 2014.