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. 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.
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. 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.
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: PartyVotes%SeatsAwardedFilledAlternative for Germany (AfD)640,83525.6135135Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)601,36124.0126126Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)317,23012.76868The Left (LINKE)220,8298.84747Local voters' associationsBürgermeisterliste Landkreis Rostock (BL)23,884187,5281.07.5540540Wählergemeinschaft: Landwirte, Unternehmer, Ländlicher Raum (LUL) 17,5540.744Bürger für Stralsund14,9000.633Bündnis parteiloser Bürgermeister (BBM)13,1550.533Bürger für Vorpommern-Rügen (BVR)11,3730.522Unabhängige Bürger (UB)10,6170.433Rostocker Bund - Gruppe Bachmann9,4220.422Allianz Bauern und ländlicher Raum (ABLR)8,9350.422BürgerBündnis NWM (BB NWM)8,1760.322Unabhängige Bürger für Rostock (UFR)7,9720.311Für Rügen6,7230.311Aktive Vorpommern5,7500.211Alternative für Ludwigslust (AfL)5,1790.211Initiative Bürgerentscheid Greifswald (IBG)5,0590.211Wählergruppe Heimat und Identität (HuI)4,2250.211Aktionsgruppe Stadt- und Kulturschutz (ASK)3,1810.111Cannabis und Bürgerrechte2,7700.111Vorwärts Altkreis Hagenow (VAH)2,5630.111Wählergemeinschaft ländlicher Raum (WGLR)2,5470.111Wir Leben Demokratie (WLD)2,4520.111Wählergemeinschaft SOZIAL (WG SOZIAL)2,3960.111Kleingärtner und Siedler - Bewohner des ländlichen Raumes (kus)2,1920.111Initiative Zukunft (IZ)2,0400.100Bürger für konservative Werte (BkW)1,9960.111Achtung: STOLZ auf ARBEIT, HEIMAT, RÜGEN AUTARK (A:SAHRA)1,8570.100Aktive Wählergemeinschaft Dobbertin (AWD)1,7460.100Graue Rostock1,6800.100Wählergemeinschaft Wittenhagen1,3640.100Bergener Freie Wähler (BFW)1,2150.000Wählergruppe Adomeit1,0120.000Wählergruppe Gemeinde Plate (WGP)6740.000Bürgerbündnis mit Kompetenz für Vorpommern (BB)9710.000Bürger für Baabe (BfB)6480.000Bündnis Ducherow4490.000Wählergemeinschaft Upahl (WGU)4490.000Kulturell – Interkulturell (K-I)4020.000Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)153,2196.13029Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)138,3665.53030Free Democratic Party (FDP)70,9442.81515Free Voters (FW)45,7901.899Die PARTEI (PARTEI)18,9250.844Free HorizonFreier Horizont - Aktionsbündnis für den Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (Freier Horizont MSE)7,54016,3380.30.72323Freier Horizont - Aktionsbündnis für den Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim (Freier Horizont LUP)4,2380.211Freier Horizont - Bündnis für Rostock (Freier Horizont HRO)1,9110.100Freier Horizont - Energiewende mit Augenmaß (Freier Horizont LRO)1,7090.100Freier Horizont VG9400.000The Homeland (HEIMAT)11,5770.522Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutzpartei)10,4090.422Die Unabhängigen8,2440.322Volt Germany (Volt)6,5020.311Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (dieBasis)6,0940.211Bündnis Deutschland (BD)5,4720.211Pirate Party Germany (PIRATEN)3,8460.211Lobbyists for Children (LfK)2,7840.100Alliance C – Christians for Germany (Bündnis C)1,4170.100German Communist Party (DKP)1,0950.000Independents32,5721.333Total votes2,547,563100520519Valid ballots2,501,3771.8Invalid/blank ballots46,18698.2Turnout867,87164.2
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.
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