Shake in the district of Kusel: Who will be the new district administrator? Tensions increase!

Shake in the district of Kusel: Who will be the new district administrator? Tensions increase!

On February 23, 2025, the district election in the district of Kusel took place, which now fell into a decisive runoff election. Johannes Huber from the CDU secured the lead with 28.2 % of the votes, followed by Jürgen Conrad from the SPD, which achieved 23.3 %. Alejandra Catalina Monzon from the AfD landed in third place with 22.8 %, while Thomas Danneck from the Votum voter group received 14.5 % and Helge Schwab from the free voters. The turnout was remarkably high with 81.1 %, which shows that the voters are very interested in the political process.

The tense campaign situation was more complicated by the age -related departure of the incumbent Otto Rubly (CDU). Since none of the candidates received the required majority of over 50 % of the votes, a runoff election between Huber and Conrad will take place on Sunday. Around 56,000 people are entitled to vote and can vote. The district administration has already sent postal voting documents to those who had submitted such an application. Ideally, these election documents must be handed over directly, since sending by post can no longer be guaranteed in good time.

organizational details on the runoff election

The polling stations open on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The first results of the election can be followed in the Kusel district administration from 5:30 p.m. In view of the high number of postal voting applications received in the associations, an exciting choice is expected. Ten new postal voting applications were registered in the Kusel-Altenglan community until the middle of the week, while 15 additional applications have been received in Lauterecken-Wolfstein. It is particularly noteworthy that 7,736 people have already applied for postal voting in the Oberes Glantal community. In total, more than 19,000 people in the Kusel district have requested postal voting documents.

Both main candidates in the run -up to the runoff election. Huber did an intensive campaign, including at various carnival parades. Conrad, on the other hand, has expressed concerns about the turnout and approached that there is a lack of tailwind due to other elections. This could possibly affect the result of the runoff election.

statistical evaluations

According to the State Statistical Office, a representative election statistics are created that analyzes the results of the state parliament, Bundestag and European elections. In addition, parity statistics for the representation of the gender relationship are created for local elections. In the morning after the election, the state election manager published the results, which include valuable information about the number of voters, valid and invalid votes as well as election proposals. This data is crucial for a differentiated view of the voter dynamics in the region.

For interested citizens, the exact election results and further information are available on the website of the state election manager ( www.wahlen.rlp.de ).