Municipalities - Ulm and Leinfelden-Echterdingen get new Lord Mayors
Two cities in the south-west will have new mayors after run-off elections on Sunday: in Ulm, incumbent Gunter Czisch (CDU) has to vacate the town hall chair, Martin Ansbacher (SPD) won the election. Otto Ruppaner (non-party), who was supported by the Free Voters in the election campaign, succeeds Roland Klenk (CDU), who did not run again, in Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Esslingen district). The run-off elections were necessary because no candidate had achieved an absolute majority in the Lord Mayor elections two weeks ago.
Ansbacher said at the announcement of the provisional election results in Ulm that he had not expected such a clear result. According to the provisional election results from Sunday evening, he won with 55.11 percent of the vote against incumbent Czisch with 44.89 percent. "The next few years won't be a walk in the park," said Ansbacher. But he is looking forward to it. The people of Ulm can look forward to being closer to the citizens, more contact, exchange and what is typical for Ulm: "that we will master the major challenges together".
Czisch said on Sunday evening: "The result speaks for itself." He suspected that Ansbacher had won over many voters who had voted for Lena Schwelling, the state chairwoman of the Greens, in the election two weeks ago. He wished Ansbacher and the city all the best. Voter turnout in the city on the Danube, which has a population of around 127,000, was 38.38 percent.
The regional council in Tübingen is currently examining the objection of a candidate against the Ulm mayor election two weeks ago. The non-party candidate Daniel Langhans says he doubts that his share of the vote is actually 2.62 percent.
In Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Otto Ruppaner won with 53.28% of the vote against Raiko Grieb (46.72%) according to the provisional election results. The result triggers a change in two town halls. Ruppaner, who was born in 1982, is now mayor of Köngen (Esslingen district). Ministerialrat Grieb (45) is an SPD member and was supported by the SPD, but ran as an independent candidate in his own words.
Ruppaner succeeds incumbent Roland Klenk (CDU). Klenk announced his resignation in April. Klenk was elected mayor of the city of 40,000 inhabitants for the first time in 2001. According to city figures, voter turnout was 39 percent.
Preliminary election results for the Ulm mayoral election Preliminary election results for the Leinfelden-Echterdingen mayoral election Martin Ansbacher website Gunter Czisch website Otto Ruppaner website Raiko Grieb website
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- In Baden-Württemberg, two municipalities have new Lord Mayors following run-off elections: Martin Ansbacher (SPD) in Ulm, and Otto Ruppaner (non-party), supported by the Free Voters, in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.
- Gunter Czisch (CDU) and Roland Klenk (CDU) are vacating their positions as mayors of Ulm and Leinfelden-Echterdingen, respectively, due to the elections.
- The CDU candidate for the Ulm mayoral election, Gunter Czisch, received 44.89% of the vote during the run-off, while Martin Ansbacher (SPD) won with 55.11%.
- In the election campaign, the Ulm mayoral candidate Otto Ruppaner, who is now the Lord Mayor of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, was supported by the Free Voters.
- The new Lord Mayor of Ulm, Martin Ansbacher, mentioned the importance of closer citizen engagement and tackling challenges together after his win.
- The candidate for Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Raiko Grieb, ran as an independent SPD member in the mayoral election but lost to Otto Ruppaner with 46.72% of the vote.
- In the upcoming municipal elections in Southwest Germany, parties such as the CDU, SPD, and the Greens are likely to be major players, following the recent electoral shifts in Ulm and Leinfelden-Echterdingen.
Source: www.stern.de
