Bruchsal chooses: Squal election for mayor after exciting first gear!

Bruchsal chooses: Squal election for mayor after exciting first gear!

Bruchsal, Deutschland - In Bruchsal, the mayor election remains exciting! The first ballot took place on July 13, 2025, but a clear winner was not in sight. The decision about the future city leaders will now be made in a runoff election in two weeks. The candidates Sven Weigt from the CDU and Helge Viehweg from the SPD were able to crystallize as the two strongest applicants.

Weig, who was already the mayor of Karlsdorf-Neuthard, reached over 48 percent of the vote, while Viehweg got almost 38 percent. Almost 12 percent of the voters opted for Tobias Dammert from the AfD, followed by Endercan Bolat and Vanessa Schulz, who only received 0.7 and 1.1 percent of the votes. Overall, the turnout was over 46 percent and thus higher than in the last election in 2017 when only 38 percent of those entitled to vote dismissed.

Details about the election

The counting of the votes that started on July 13th at 6:42 p.m. was delayed due to the last postal votes. Despite these challenges, around 300 spectators were patient for the results in front of the town hall. Thanks to a strong participation of around 16 percent, Sven Weigt was able to achieve his good result, while Helge Viehweg expressed his disappointment with the course of the election, but was determined to take up again in the runoff election on July 27. Weigt, on the other hand, was optimistic about the next ballot.

The withdrawal of long-time mayor Cornelia Petzold-Schick, who has been in office since 2009, is particularly remarkable. Your successor is now eagerly awaited, and the citizens of Bruchsal are delighted to be happy about the opportunity to bring a breath of fresh air to the town hall after an era. The new candidates worked with different strategies, whereby the election campaign increasingly relying on digital channels.

The candidates at a glance

Here is a brief overview of the five applicants:

• Sven Weig (CDU, Mayor in Karlsdorf-Neuthard)-48.08%
• Helge Viehweg (SPD) - 38.43%
• Tobias Dammert (AfD) - 12.29%
• Endercan Bolat (non -party) - 0.68%
• Vanessa Schulz (independent) - 1.09%

Voters in Bruchsal have clear expectations in this choice: they want the new mayor to close to the city and independence. Challenges such as affordable living space, digitization and a mobility turn are pending. The FDP local group supports the SPD candidate Viehweg. Dammer also made attention to himself with provocative appearance and positioned itself as a counter -model for established urban politics.

Overall, it can be seen that in Bruchsal not only the election campaign has taken on speed, but also make use of the citizens of their voice and clearly signal that the future of their city is important to them. In two weeks we know more - the runoff election on July 27 will certainly bring exciting moments!

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