2024 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern local elections
The 2024 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern local elections were held on 7 June 2024 to elect the members of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's 8 district councils and 726 municipal councils as well as the voluntary mayors (ehrenamtliche Bürgermeister) of 650 municipalities.[1] The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.
Background
In accordance with the state Local Election Law (Kommunalwahlgesetz), the government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern set the election date to be on 7 June 2024, the same date as the European Parliament election in Germany. Runoff elections for mayors were, in accordance with the law, set to be held on 23 June 2024 if necessary.[2]
A new mayor was not elected in municipalities that have a full-time mayor (hauptamtlicher Bürgermeister), due to their position having different term limits varying from seven to nine years.[3] New mayors or municipal councils were also not elected if they entered office within the last 12 months (due to a snap election) or if less than one candidate existed, in which case the election was postponed.[1]
Each voter had three votes that could be amassed all on one candidate, party, or list (accumulation) or could be distributed/split between different candidates, parties, or lists as desired (panachage).
Results
The cumulative result of the district council elections:[4][5]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
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| Awarded | Filled | |||||||||
| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 640,835 | 25.6 | 135 | 135 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) | 601,361 | 24.0 | 126 | 126 | ||||||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | 317,230 | 12.7 | 68 | 68 | ||||||
| The Left (LINKE) | 220,829 | 8.8 | 47 | 47 | ||||||
| Local voters' associations | Bürgermeisterliste Landkreis Rostock (BL) | 23,884 | 187,528 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | |
| Wählergemeinschaft: Landwirte, Unternehmer, Ländlicher Raum (LUL) | 17,554 | 0.7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Bürger für Stralsund | 14,900 | 0.6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Bündnis parteiloser Bürgermeister (BBM) | 13,155 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Bürger für Vorpommern-Rügen (BVR) | 11,373 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Unabhängige Bürger (UB) | 10,617 | 0.4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Rostocker Bund - Gruppe Bachmann | 9,422 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Allianz Bauern und ländlicher Raum (ABLR) | 8,935 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| BürgerBündnis NWM (BB NWM) | 8,176 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Unabhängige Bürger für Rostock (UFR) | 7,972 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Für Rügen | 6,723 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Aktive Vorpommern | 5,750 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Alternative für Ludwigslust (AfL) | 5,179 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Initiative Bürgerentscheid Greifswald (IBG) | 5,059 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wählergruppe Heimat und Identität (HuI) | 4,225 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Aktionsgruppe Stadt- und Kulturschutz (ASK) | 3,181 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cannabis und Bürgerrechte | 2,770 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vorwärts Altkreis Hagenow (VAH) | 2,563 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wählergemeinschaft ländlicher Raum (WGLR) | 2,547 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wir Leben Demokratie (WLD) | 2,452 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wählergemeinschaft SOZIAL (WG SOZIAL) | 2,396 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kleingärtner und Siedler - Bewohner des ländlichen Raumes (kus) | 2,192 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Initiative Zukunft (IZ) | 2,040 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bürger für konservative Werte (BkW) | 1,996 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Achtung: STOLZ auf ARBEIT, HEIMAT, RÜGEN AUTARK (A:SAHRA) | 1,857 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aktive Wählergemeinschaft Dobbertin (AWD) | 1,746 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Graue Rostock | 1,680 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wählergemeinschaft Wittenhagen | 1,364 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bergener Freie Wähler (BFW) | 1,215 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wählergruppe Adomeit | 1,012 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wählergruppe Gemeinde Plate (WGP) | 674 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bürgerbündnis mit Kompetenz für Vorpommern (BB) | 971 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bürger für Baabe (BfB) | 648 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bündnis Ducherow | 449 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wählergemeinschaft Upahl (WGU) | 449 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kulturell – Interkulturell (K-I) | 402 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) | 153,219 | 6.1 | 30 | 29 | ||||||
| Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) | 138,366 | 5.5 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 70,944 | 2.8 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Free Voters (FW) | 45,790 | 1.8 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Die PARTEI (PARTEI) | 18,925 | 0.8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Free Horizon | Freier Horizont - Aktionsbündnis für den Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (Freier Horizont MSE) | 7,540 | 16,338 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Freier Horizont - Aktionsbündnis für den Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim (Freier Horizont LUP) | 4,238 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Freier Horizont - Bündnis für Rostock (Freier Horizont HRO) | 1,911 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Freier Horizont - Energiewende mit Augenmaß (Freier Horizont LRO) | 1,709 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Freier Horizont VG | 940 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| The Homeland (HEIMAT) | 11,577 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutzpartei) | 10,409 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Die Unabhängigen | 8,244 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Volt Germany (Volt) | 6,502 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (dieBasis) | 6,094 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bündnis Deutschland (BD) | 5,472 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pirate Party Germany (PIRATEN) | 3,846 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lobbyists for Children (LfK) | 2,784 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alliance C – Christians for Germany (Bündnis C) | 1,417 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| German Communist Party (DKP) | 1,095 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Independents | 32,572 | 1.3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Total votes | 2,547,563 | 100 | 520 | 519 | ||||||
| Valid ballots | 2,501,377 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank ballots | 46,186 | 98.2 | ||||||||
| Turnout | 867,871 | 64.2 | ||||||||
Aftermath
The runoff election for the mayor of Wilhelmsburg on 23 June 2024 was won by Peter Volker Weimer, who ran for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), making him the first AfD mayor in all of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[6]
References
- ^ a b NDR.de. "Kommunal- und Europawahl MV: Was wird am 09. Juni gewählt?". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Aktuelle Pressemitteilungen - Regierungsportal M-V". www.regierung-mv.de. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "KLEINE ANFRAGE des Abgeordneten Thore Stein, Fraktion der AfD Hauptamtliche Bürgermeister in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und ANTWORT der Landesregierung" (PDF). dokumentation.landtag-mv.de (in German). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Ergebnis der Kommunalwahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 9. Juni 2024 - Landesergebnis". wahlen.mvnet.de. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Ergebnisse der Wahl der Kreistage der Landkreise und der Gemeindevertretungen der kreisfreien Städte am 9. Juni 2024 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" (PDF). laiv-mv.de. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ NDR.de. "Nach der Kommunalwahl wurde in MV noch einmal gewählt: Das sind die Gewinner der Bürgermeister-Stichwahlen". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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