Ten candidates are fighting for the mayor's office in Bonn!

Ten candidates are fighting for the mayor's office in Bonn!

Things will get exciting in Bonn on September 14, 2025, because the local elections are just around the corner! Ten candidates are vying for the office of city leader and are bringing their very own ideas and slogans with them. Among them is the incumbent Katja Dörner from the Greens, who say “Bonn wins.” wants to stand for fresh impulses. Also Guido Deus from the CDU fights with its motto “Bonn is coming to life.” and Jochen Reeh-Schall from the SPD, who is already known as the district mayor and general works council chairman of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, calls for the slogan “For Bonn.” the trust of voters. Other candidates are John Schott (BBB), Michael Faber (Left), Petra Noehring (FDP), Wolfgang Truckenbrodt (AfD), Marcel Klingenstein (The party), Haluk Yildiz (BIG) and Merve Nur Laçin-Kilinç (DAVA).

This election is not only important for the mayoral elections. In Bonn, 14 parties are running for election to the city council, including the Greens, CDU and SPD. The list extends to new faces such as the Pirates and the Stimme Bonn International (SBI) and shows how diverse the political spectrum is in the city.

A choice with a special format

As the Wikipedia reports, these local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia are important not only for Bonn, but for the entire state. The Integration Council is also elected on the same day. Gholamreza Abdi, among others, is running as an individual candidate here, as are the parties BIG, Greens, CDU, SPD and the Liberal List, to name just a few.

There is also the runoff election, which is scheduled for September 28, 2025. It will be exciting to see whether the candidates can mobilize their voter potential to make it to the second round.

Political situation and outlook

The political landscape in Bonn is shaped by the current survey results Forsa, which shows that many citizens do not yet know exactly when the next local elections will take place. It will be interesting to see how the candidates position themselves in the remaining weeks until the election and which issues influence citizens' voting decisions.

The last local elections in 2020 had already produced a wide range of results. At that time, the CDU scored 34.3%, followed by the SPD with 24.3% and the Greens with 20.0%. The election promises and the campaign strategies will certainly be decisive in determining whether these results can be maintained or even exceeded.