2020 Bavarian local elections

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The 2020 Bavarian local elections were held on 15 March 2020 in all districts and municipalities of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. All councils and most district administrators and mayors were elected for a six year term. Runoff elections for district administrators and mayors were held on 29 March 2020.

The election was criticised for being held during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. [1] The Christian Social Union achieved their worst ever results in the history of the state, and the Social Democratic Party also suffered heavy losses. The Greens gained many votes and became the second biggest party, but far behind what was expected. [2]

Results in independent cities

City councils
City CSU Grüne SPD FW AfD ÖDP FDP Linke Others
Munich 24.729.122.02.53.94.03.53.37.1
Nuremberg 31.320.025.72.85.72.32.13.96.1
Augsburg 32.323.414.34.56.62.22.33.710.8
Regensburg 25.721.712.25.94.57.23.33.016.6
Ingolstadt 26.815.217.57.97.64.13.54.412.9
Würzburg 29.332.59.23.83.93.55.312.6
Fürth 18.720.042.74.15.92.56.1
Erlangen 30.222.421.73.75.74.03.88.5
Bamberg 22.827.016.23.44.82.22.83.617.2
Bayreuth 24.118.017.73.95.31.729.3
Aschaffenburg 30.420.927.15.44.65.16.6
Landshut 22.025.48.010.85.84.76.52.614.3
Kempten 26.519.29.221.86.84.34.71.06.6
Rosenheim 36.425.012.410.66.22.22.73.21.2
Schweinfurt 38.214.217.67.28.43.22.66.02.8
Mayors
CityElected mayorPartyResult
1st round2nd round
Munich Dieter Reiter SPD 47.9%71.7%
Nuremberg Marcus König CSU 36.5%52.2%
Augsburg Eva Weber CSU 43.1%62.3%
Regensburg Gertrud Maltz-Schwarzfischer SPD 22.2%50.8%
Ingolstadt Christian Scharpf SPD 33.7%59.3%
Würzburg Christian Schuchardt CSU 52.0%
Fürth Thomas Jung SPD 73.0%
Erlangen Florian Janik SPD 39.2%54.5%
Bamberg Andreas Starke SPD 35.9%59.3%
Bayreuth Thomas Ebersberger CSU 26.0%52.6%
Aschaffenburg Jürgen Herzing SPD 47.9%66.6%
Landshut Alexander Putz FDP 45.5%70.4%
Kempten Thomas Kiechle CSU 54.3%
Rosenheim Andreas März CSU 45.6%61.5%
Schweinfurt Sebastian Remelé CSU 58.4%

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References

  1. "Kritik an Kommunalwahl während Corona-Pandemie | BR24". 2020-03-16. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2023-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Kommunalwahl am 15.03.2020: Wahl der Stadträte und Kreistage