Municipalities - Run-off vote necessary in Ulm mayoral election
The people of Ulm will have to go to the polls again in two weeks' time: according to the provisional election results, no candidate has achieved more than 50 percent of the vote in the mayoral election, the city of Ulm announced on Sunday evening. This means that a run-off election will be necessary between the first-placed incumbent Gunter Czisch (CDU, 43.16 percent) and the second-placed Martin Ansbacher (SPD, 29.74 percent). The run-off is to take place on December 17.
"With three strong candidates, the likelihood of it not working out in the first ballot was already quite high," said Czisch on Sunday evening. He has been mayor of the city on the Danube since 2016. At that time, he succeeded Ivo Gönner (SPD), who had vacated the town hall chair after around 24 years. Before that, the 60-year-old had already been the financial mayor of Ulm.
Ansbacher has been a member of Ulm's municipal council since 2014. The lawyer has also been district chairman of the Ulm SPD since 2019.
In addition to Czisch and Ansbacher, Lena Schwelling, the state chairwoman of the Greens, was also a candidate. She achieved 20.63 percent of the vote. The non-party candidates Thomas Treutler (3.78 percent) and Daniel Langhans (2.62 percent) also threw their hats into the ring.
According to city figures, voter turnout was around 40 percent. This compares to 43% at the last Lord Mayor election in 2015. Around 94,000 of Ulm's approximately 127,000 inhabitants were eligible to vote this time.
Link to the provisional results of the Ulm Lord Mayor election Website Gunter Czisch Website Martin Ansbacher
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- The run-off election for the mayoral position in Ulm, currently led by Gunter Czisch (CDU), will involve SPD's Martin Ansbacher, as no candidate surpassed 50% in the first round of the elections held in Ulm's municipalities.
- This upcoming run-off election on December 17, following the Ulm mayoral election, resembles the situation of 2016, when the SPD's Ivo Gönner passed on the mayoral role to Gunter Czisch after nearly 24 years in office.
- Despite the necessity of a run-off vote, the candidates from various parties, such as SPD's Martin Ansbacher and CDU's Gunter Czisch, along with Lena Schwelling from the Greens and independent figures Thomas Treutler and Daniel Langhans, collectively garnered high voter interest, resulting in a significantly higher turnout of approximately 40% compared to 2015's elections.
- The provisional election results for the Ulm mayoral election, which officially took place in Baden-Württemberg, have prompted a call to action for community engagement in the run-off vote, emphasizing the importance of civic responsibility in the democratic process.
- As the election campaign enters its final stages, mayoral candidates such as CDU's Gunter Czisch and SPD's Martin Ansbacher are encouraging supporters across Ulm's various municipalities to consider their stitch selection carefully when casting their vote in the run-off ballot box.
Source: www.stern.de
