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Pressrelease: 388

Public meeting of the city election committee

Announcement of the final election results of the mayoral election in Chemnitz on 16 June 2013 and announcement of the approved nominations for the mayoral election in Chemnitz on 30 June 2013

At the public meeting of the City Election Committee chaired by City Treasurer Berthold Brehm in his capacity as City Election Officer yesterday evening at Chemnitz City Hall, the final election results of the Lord Mayor election of 16 June 2013 were determined and announced as follows in accordance with Section 51 (2) of the Local Election Code in conjunction with Section 50 (4) of the Local Election Code:

Announcement of the final election result of the mayoral election in Chemnitz on 16 June 2013

Number of
Eligible voters
202 481
including
Eligible voters with voting licence endorsement
17 103
Voters
82 365
including
Voters with a polling card
15 785
Postal voters
15 739
Invalid votes
692
Valid votes
81 673

Of the valid votes, the following were cast in favour of the candidate

Election proposal
Candidate
Occupation/status
Address of main residence
Votes
Social Democratic
Party of Germany
(SPD)
Ludwig,
Barbara
Lord Mayor
Hauboldstraße 33
09111 Chemnitz
38 031
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
(CDU)
Burghart,
Ralph Dietmar
Managing Director
Am Küchwald 18
09114 Chemnitz
15 552
DIE LINKE (THE LEFT)
Runkel,
Miko
Mayor
Dorfstraße 39
09114 Chemnitz
12 251
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS (GREENS)
Zschocke,
Mathias Volkmar
Graduate social worker
Erich-Mühsam-Straße 4
09112 Chemnitz
7 780
Citizens' movement PRO CHEMNITZ/German Social Union
(PRO CHEMNITZ.DSU)
Kohlmann,
Karl Martin
Lawyer
Brauhausstraße 6
09111 Chemnitz
4 576
Chemnitz People's Solidarity Voters' Association
(Vosi)
Rutsatz, Hans-Jürgen
Lawyer
Kaufmannstraße 17
09117 Chemnitz
1 780
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Weis, Jens
Political scientist
Keplerstrasse 49
09117 Chemnitz
1 703

As none of the nominations received more than half of the valid votes cast, the City Election Committee has determined that a new election is necessary in accordance with Section 48 (2) SächsGemO. The new election will be held on 30 June 2013.


Announcement of the approved nominations for the election of the new Lord Mayor of Chemnitz on 30 June 2013

At its public meeting yesterday, the City Election Committee for the election of the Lord Mayor of the City of Chemnitz (electoral area) decided to approve the following nominations for the election of the Lord Mayor on 30 June 2013 in the order specified in Section 20 (6) of the Local Election Code:

No.
Election nominee
Surname
First name
Occupation/status
Year of birth
Address of main residence
1
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Mr Ludwig
Barbara
Lord Mayor
1962
Hauboldstraße 33
09111 Chemnitz
2
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Burghart
Ralph Dietmar
Managing Director
1970
Am Küchwald 18
09114 Chemnitz
3
Citizens' movement PRO CHEMNITZ/German Social Union (PRO CHEMNITZ.DSU)
Mr Kohlmann
Karl Martin
Lawyer
1977
Brauhausstraße 6
09111 Chemnitz
4
Voters' Association Volkssolidarität Chemnitz (Vosi)
Rutsatz
Hans-Jürgen
Lawyer
1960
Kaufmannstraße 17
09117 Chemnitz