Election results in Ibbenbüren

Town hall of the city of Ibbenbueren

This article contains a list of the elections and referendums carried out in the city of Ibbenbüren . The election results of the former town of Ibbenbüren (before 1975) and the rural community of Ibbenbüren are also taken into account .

Results of the local elections in the city of Ibbenbüren from 1975 until today

2015

Mayoral election

Mayoral election 2015

City of Ibbenbueren

%

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50

40

30th

20th

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38.6%

52.1%

9.3%

minor

Schrameyer

Goldbeck

On September 13, 2015, the 2015 municipal elections for the mayor election in Ibbenbüren were held. The background to this was the law to strengthen local democracy . The then incumbent mayor Heinz Steingröver (SPD) did not run again. The candidates were Christian Moll (CDU), Marc Schrameyer (SPD) and Ernst Goldbeck (Die Linke).

candidate	Political party	be right	Percentage ownership %
Marc Schrameyer	SPD	9,818	52.1
Christian Moll	CDU	7,275	38.6
Ernst Goldbeck	The left	1,754	9.3

A total of 19,044 votes were cast with a turnout of 45.4%.

2014

City council

City council election 2014

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.1

41.6

7.0

3.7

4.9

7.9

IFI

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-1.1

+3.9

-0.7

-2.9

+1.4

-0.2

IFI

In the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2014 , the city council was re-elected. May 25, 2014 was set as the election date.

The SPD became the strongest faction in the city council and gained one seat each from the IFI and the FDP. The other parties retained their seats in the same strength as in the 2009 city council elections. Due to a decree by the Rüttgers cabinet , the election of the mayor in Ibbenbüren was decoupled from the 2014 city council election.

The election of the mayor was carried out with the election of the district administrator on September 13, 2015. Ibbenbüren did not make use of the law to strengthen local democracy, which made it possible to bring elections forward to the election of the city council.

Political party	Seats	be right
SPD	18th	9,161 (41.6%)
CDU	16	7,729 (35.1%)
IFI (Initiative for Ibbenbüren)	3	1,734 (7.9%)
Alliance 90 / The Greens	3	1,535 (7.0%)
The left	2	1,075 (4.9%)
FDP	2	816 (3.7%)

Allocation of seats in
Ibbenbüren City Council 2014

A total of 44 seats

Left : 2
SPD : 18
Greens : 3
IFI : 3
CDU : 16
FDP : 2

Parties and constituencies		Percent 2014	Seats 2014	Percent 2009	Seats 2009
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	35.1	16	36.2	2
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	41.6	18th	37.7	16
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	7.0	3	7.7	3
IFI	Initiative for Ibbenbüren	7.9	3	8.1	4th
FDP	Free Democratic Party	3.7	2	6.6	3
left	The left	4.9	2	3.7	2

After the local elections on May 25, 2014, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	The left	IFI	total
Seats	16	18th	3	2	2	3	44

2009

In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2009, which took place on August 30, 2009, the city council and the mayor were newly elected.

mayor

Mayoral election 2009

City of Ibbenbueren

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46.8%

53.2%

Remke

Steinröver

The mayor Heinz Steingröver (SPD), who has been in office since the last mayoral elections (2004), competed against the challenger Ulrich Remke (CDU).

The incumbent mayor Heinz Steingröver (SPD) was re-elected with 53.2%. After the following term of office, Heinz Steingröver left office in 2015. He passed away after a short retirement on November 30, 2015.

The challenger Ulrich Remke (CDU) from the Püsselbüren district is the son of the former Ibbenbüren mayor Albert Remke.

candidate	Political party	be right	Percentage ownership %
Heinz Steingröver	SPD	12,266	53.2
Ulrich Remke	CDU	10,803	46.8

City council

City council election 2009

in percent

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.2

37.7

7.7

6.6

3.5

8.1

IFI

Gains and losses

compared to 2004

% p

10

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-5.6

-0.6

± 0.0

+3.5

+8.1

IFI

For the first time, the Independent Voters' Community Initiative for Ibbenbüren (UWG IFI) and the party Die Linke took part in the local elections in Ibbenbüren. Both were already represented in the city council, as MPs left the SPD for the IFI (2 seats) and the Left (1 seat) in the previous election period. The result made the SPD the strongest parliamentary group in the council again, albeit with losses. The CDU became the second largest parliamentary group with a loss of votes.

Because of this split off from the SPD parliamentary group in the city council, both the IFI and the Left were represented in the city council even before the 2009 election.

Political party	Seats	be right
SPD	16	8,723 (37.7%)
CDU	16	8,395 (36.3%)
IFI (Initiative for Ibbenbüren)	4th	1,882 (8.1%)
Alliance 90 / The Greens	3	1,522 (6.6%)
The left	2	853 (3.7%)
FDP	3	1,774 (7.7%)

Allocation of seats in
Ibbenbüren City Council in 2009

A total of 44 seats

Left : 2
SPD : 16
Greens : 3
IFI : 4
CDU : 16
FDP : 3

Parties and constituencies		Percent 2009	Seats 2009	Percent 2004	Seats 2004
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	36.2	16	41.8	18th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	37.7	16	43.3	19th
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	7.7	3	8.3	4th
IFI	Initiative for Ibbenbüren	8.1	4th	0	0
FDP	Free Democratic Party	6.6	3	6.6	3
left	The left	3.7	2	0	0

After the local elections on August 30, 2009, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	The left	IFI	total
Seats	16	16	3	3	2	4th	44

2004

In the municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2004 , which took place on September 26th, the city council and the mayor were elected in Ibbenbüren. Since none of the mayoral candidates could unite an absolute majority of the votes, a runoff election was held on October 11, 2004. In addition, on July 4, 2004, a referendum took place on the privatization of waste collection.

mayor

Mayoral election 2004

City of Ibbenbueren

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20th

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45.2%

45.0%

5.0%

4.7%

Lohmann

Steinröver

Overberg

Prank

The incumbent mayor Otto Lohmann (independent, set up by the CDU) competed against the challengers Heinz Steingröver (SPD), Herbert Overberg (Greens) and Hans-Jürgen Streich (FDP).

Since the election between the candidates Otto Lohmann (non-party candidate of the CDU) and Heinz Steingröver (SPD) only differed by a few votes, a run-off election on October 11, 2004 had to bring about the decision.

candidate	Political party	be right	Percentage ownership %
Otto Lohmann	independent	10,065	45.2
Heinz Steingröver	SPD	10,025	45.0
Herbert Overberg	Green	1,114	5.0
Hans-Jürgen Streich	FDP	1,056	4.7

Runoff

Mayor runoff election 2004

City of Ibbenbueren

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60

50

40

30th

20th

10

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47.3%

52.7%

Lohmann

Steinröver

On October 11, a run-off election was held between the incumbent mayor Otto Lohmann (independent), but supported by the CDU and Heinz Steingröver (SPD). The challenger Heinz Steingröver (SPD) decided this runoff election for himself, so that after the election the full-time mayor of the city was appointed by the SPD.

Heinz Steingröver was rector of the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Ibbenbüren before the election as mayor.

candidate	Political party	be right	Percentage ownership %
Otto Lohmann	independent	9,628	47.3
Heinz Steingröver	SPD	10,738	52.7

Turnout 51.9%.

City council

City council election 2004

in percent

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40

30th

20th

10

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41.8

43.3

8.3

6.6

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-6.8

+2.1

+3.2

+1.6

After the city council election in 2004, the SPD again became the strongest parliamentary group in the city council. However, two members later left the party and on October 24, 2008, together with other citizens, founded the Independent Voting Association Initiative for Ibbenbüren (UWG IFI). She has since been represented on the city council.

The MP Ernst Goldbeck also resigned from the SPD, so that the SPD faction in the city council shrank from 19 to 16 seats. After a short time as a non-attached member of parliament, he went over to the left and thus founded the left faction in Ibbenbüren's city council.

For the rest of the term of office, the CDU was the strongest parliamentary group represented in the city council. A member of the CDU also left the parliamentary group temporarily, but later returned to the CDU parliamentary group.

Political party	Seats	be right
SPD	19th	9,636 (43.3%)
CDU	18th	9,306 (41.8%)
Alliance 90 / The Greens	4th	1,859 (8.4%)
FDP	3	1,470 (6.6%)

Allocation of seats in
Ibbenbüren City Council in 2004

A total of 44 seats

SPD : 19
Greens : 4
CDU : 18
FDP : 3

Parties and constituencies		Percent 2004	Seats 2004	Percent 1999	Seats 1999
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	41.8	18th	48.6	22nd
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	43.3	19th	41.2	18th
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	8.3	4th	5.1	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party	6.6	3	5.0	2

After the local elections on September 26, 2004, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	total
Seats	18th	19th	4th	3	44

After the split of the IFI and the Left from the SPD parliamentary group in the city council, the composition of the city council changed from autumn 2008 to the following distribution of seats:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	IFI	The left	total
Seats	18th	16	4th	3	2	1	44

Referendum garbage disposal

On July 4, 2004, a referendum on the privatization of garbage disposal was carried out in the city of Ibbenbüren. The incumbent mayor and the CDU parliamentary group as well as the FDP parliamentary group wanted to hand over the garbage collection, which is in the hands of the city, to a private company. The SPD parliamentary group and the Greens wanted to keep the company in municipal hands. Citizens also campaigned against privatization.

A large majority voted in favor of municipal garbage disposal .

	For privatization	For a municipal garbage disposal
Number of votes	3,494	12,803
proportion of	21.4%	78.6%

The turnout was 41.4% and the required quorum of 8,000 votes was far exceeded. 18 votes were invalid.

1999

In the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on September 12, 1999, the city council and the full-time mayor were elected in Ibbenbüren.

mayor

Mayoral election 1999

City of Ibbenbueren

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30th

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50.3%

41.2%

4.2%

4.3%

Lohmann

Bolsmann

Klatt

Prank

For the first time, the city's mayor was directly elected by the citizens. Before he was elected by the city council, which is why the city council from 1999 included one seat less, so that there is an odd number of city council members.

The previously incumbent mayor Ewald Bolsmann competed against the challengers Otto Lohmann (independent, set up by the CDU), Marlene Klatt (Greens) and Hans-Jürgen Streich (FDP).

Otto Lohmann was elected the new full-time mayor of Ibbenbüren with 50.3%. Otto Lohmann, who comes from Mettingen, was a management consultant before and after his tenure as mayor of Ibbenbüren (1999–2004). After his term in office he joined the CDU and was active there for several years. He later moved to Mettingen to join the Mettinger voter community (MWG).

candidate	Political party	be right	Percentage ownership %
Otto Lohmann	independent	10,593	50.3
Ewald Bolsmann	SPD	8,670	41.2
Marlene Klatt	Green	882	4.2
Hans-Jürgen Streich	FDP	902	4.3

City council

City council election 1999

in percent

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30th

20th

10

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48.6

41.2

5.1

5.0

Gains and losses

compared to 1994

% p

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8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

+10.0

-8.6

-2.9

+1.4

In the city council, the CDU became the strongest force in the city council for the first time since 1984 and had 22 seats together with the mayor's vote, an absolute majority of 23 votes in the city council.

The SPD and the Greens had to cope with heavy losses of voters. The FDP moved in after the election failure in 1994 in which they missed the entry into the city parliament again with 2 seats.

For the first time, the mayor of the city was directly elected by the voters. So far, the mayor has been elected by the members of the city council. With this new procedure, the city council has one less seat that goes to the mayor.

Distribution of votes to the parties

Political party	Seats	be right
SPD	18th	8,637 (41.2%)
CDU	22nd	10,183 (48.6%)
Alliance 90 / The Greens	2	1,074 (5.1%)
FDP	2	1,053 (5.0%)

Distribution of seats in
Ibbenbüren City Council in 1999

A total of 44 seats

SPD : 18
Greens : 2
CDU : 22
FDP : 2

Comparison of gains / losses

Parties and constituencies		Percent 1999	Seats 1999	Percent 1994	Seats 1994
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	48.6	22nd	38.6	18th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	41.2	18th	49.8	24
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	5.1	2	8.0	3
FDP	Free Democratic Party	5.0	2	3.6	0

After the local elections on September 12, 1999, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	FDP	total
Seats	22nd	18th	2	2	44

1996

Mayoral election by the city council

On November 14, 1996, Ewald Bolsmann (SPD) was elected the first full-time mayor of Ibbenbüren. He took up the position on December 4th of the same year. With the departure of city director Hans Jacobi on November 30, 1996, the post of city director was dropped for Ibbenbüren. Volker Strothmann carried out the office on a provisional basis from December 1 until he took office on December 4.

In the election on November 14th, all SPD members present (23 votes) voted for Bolsmann, all CDU members (17 votes) against.

1994

City council

On October 16, 1994, a new city council in Ibbenbüren was elected in the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. Despite slight gains at the expense of the FDP, the SPD remained the strongest force. The FDP, in turn, missed re-entry into the city parliament due to the 5% hurdle that was still applicable in the local elections .

City council election 1994

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.6

49.8

8.0

3.6

Gains and losses

compared to 1989

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

+2.4

-0.7

+0.4

-2.1

Distribution of votes to the parties

Political party	Seats	Share of votes
SPD	24	49.8%
CDU	22nd	38.6%
Alliance 90 / The Greens	2	8.0%
FDP	2	3.6%

Allocation of seats in
Ibbenbüren city council in 1994

A total of 45 seats

SPD : 24
Greens : 3
CDU : 18
FDP : 0

Comparison of gains / losses

Parties and constituencies		Percent 1994	Seats 1994	Percent 1989	Seats 1989
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.6	18th	36.2	17th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	49.8	24	50.4	23
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	8.0	3	7.6	3
FDP	Free Democratic Party	3.6	0	5.7	2

After the local elections on October 16, 1994, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Ibbenbüren City Council
fraction	CDU	SPD	GREEN	total
Seats	24	18th	3	45

Mayoral election by the city council

On November 3rd, the newly elected city council elected the mayor. The incumbent mayor Ewald Bolsmann (SPD) and the challenger Giesela Köster (CDU) were candidates. Ewald Bolsmann was confirmed as old and new mayor with 24 to 16 votes. Giesela Köster became the first deputy.

District elections

District election 2015

On September 13, 2015, a new district administrator was elected in the Steinfurt district. The candidates were Klaus Effing (CDU), Stefan Giebel (SPD) and Hermann Stübbe (Greens). The previous incumbent Thomas Kubendorff (CDU) did not run again. In Ibbenbüren, the turnout was 45.3%, with 19,047 people voting here. The turnout for the district was 41.5%.