Overview
- Nicola-Alexander Ferl of the SPD defeated Lars-Henning Bartels of the CDU in Sunday’s runoff, 59.1% to 40.9%.
- Turnout fell to 48.9% in the runoff, down from 54.3% in the first round.
- The head-to-head vote followed the March 15 first round, where no candidate cleared 50% in a four-way race.
- In that first round, Ferl led with 42.5%, followed by Bartels at 39.4%, with the Greens’ Lukas Sennhenn at 9.3% and FWG’s Jochen Grüning at 8.8%.
- Results are reported as preliminary from municipal sources and IPPEN.MEDIA, and only the final official result is legally binding.