Well-known names are at the bottom of the list in local elections in Fulda


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Many well-known names are running in the local elections in Fulda – some of them at the bottom of the list. A look at the end of the ballot paper.

Fulda – 59 seats are up for grabs in the Fulda city council. Twelve parties and voter groups are running and compete for the votes of voters.

Local elections in Fulda: Thomas Sitte and Walter Rammler
Thomas Sitte (small photo on the left) is running for the CDU in the local elections, Walter Rammler for the Greens. © dpa, Paula Rosa Henkel, German Palliative Foundation

The top candidates are often well-known faces in urban society: For them CDU city council leader Margarate Hartmann is once again in first place on the list. The The SPD is going into the election with the long-time parliamentary group leader and former mayoral and district administrator candidate Jonathan Wulff at the top.

Local elections in Fulda: Who is running?

The Free Voters, who are new candidates, have put Wilhelm Hartmann in first place – the head of the Hartmann nursery has made headlines nationwide as the “Ahrtal helper”.

In local elections, it is also worth looking at the lower part of the ballot paper. Because there are also well-known names at the bottom and sometimes last places on the lists. So for the CDU in 58th place – that's the penultimate place on the list – Dr. Thomas Sitte, palliative care physician and chairman of the board of the German Palliative Foundation, entered the race.

Top candidates of the parties in Fulda

CDU: Maragerete Hartmann

AfD: Frank Schuessler

SPD: Jonathan Wulff

Greens: Marie-Louise Puls

FDP: Michael Grosch

The Left: Robin Burkard

CWE: Martin Jahn

The party: Ute Riebold

Alliance C: Alain Kaffo Tallaffo

Volt: Elke Hohmann

Free voters: Wilhelm Hartmann

FGG: Dr. Tatevik Mamajanyan

For the Greens, Walter Rammler is in last place on the list. The well-known Fulda photographer has already been a city councilor and also ran as a direct candidate for the Green Party in the federal election.

The philosopher Dr. Christoph Quarch. He is ranked 20th out of 23 candidates. And in the new FGG (Fulda Together Design) list, attentive observers will particularly notice one name at the end of the list: in 20th place out of 22 is Karin Masche, the former parliamentary group leader of the Left.Open List.

Sitte, Rammler, Quarch: Well-known names at the bottom of the list

Whether Sitte, Quarch and Co. have a chance of winning mandates depends on the voters. Thanks to the possibility of cumulating and variegating, you can Local elections Applicants from the bottom of the list can also be voted forward. Basically, the further up a candidate is on the list, the greater the chances are.

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