Election Sunday in the Palatinate: two city halls, five candidates
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- Voters in Speyer and Pirmasens will elect their next mayors, with about 36,000 and 31,000 eligible voters respectively.
- Speyer incumbent Stefanie Seiler faces independent candidate Mike Oehlmann, while Pirmasens incumbent Markus Zwick faces Christian Hofer and Bernd Kriebel.
- Preliminary results are expected Sunday evening, with possible runoffs scheduled for Sept. 20.
Two larger cities in Rhineland-Palatinate will decide who leads their city halls on Sunday. Mayoral elections are taking place in Speyer and Pirmasens.
In Speyer, incumbent SPD mayor Stefanie Seiler is running against independent candidate Mike Oehlmann. Oehlmann is backed by the FDP, CDU and Free Voters. Around 36,000 residents are eligible to vote. Seiler, 44, has served as mayor of the city on the Rhine since 2019.
Pirmasens incumbent Markus Zwick of the CDU faces Christian Hofer of the AfD and Bernd Kriebel of the Mensch Klima Tierschutz party. About 31,000 residents are eligible to vote there. Zwick, 49, has been the city’s mayor since 2019.
Polling stations close at 6 p.m., and preliminary results are expected that evening. In both cities, a candidate wins outright by securing more than half of the vote. If necessary, voters will hold a runoff on Sept. 20.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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