Kleve Local Elections: Candidates, Platforms, and Comprehensive Details
Municipal Elections in Cleves, North Rhine-Westphalia: Candidates and Key Issues
The municipal elections in Cleves, North Rhine-Westphalia are approaching on September 14, 2025. Here's a rundown of the candidates and their respective parties for various electoral districts, as well as the key issues they are focusing on.
Electoral District 112 (Kleve - Oberstadt): - CDU: Georg Hiob - Green: Kathrin Hoevelmann - SPD: Meliha Zari - Open Kleve: Anja Sadat - FDP: Sarah-Maria Ruetter - AfD: Heino Gall - The Left: Miriam Koelher - Volt: Michael Meuten
Electoral District 118 (Kleve - Upper Town): - CDU: Andrea Schwiete - Greens: Oliver Lindemann - SPD: Anne van Bergen - Open Kleve: Filippo Scevola - FDP: Natalie Baierl - AfD: Alexander-Sascha Boehm - The Left: Zoey Schwabe - Volt: Alfred Quante
Mayoral Candidates: - CDU: Mayor Wolfgang Gebing - Independent (supported by three parties and OK): Markus Dahmen - AfD: Dirk Kaiser
Other Districts:
Electoral District 111 (Kleve - Innenstadt): - CDU: Oliver van Well - Green: Anne Belluardo - SPD: Robin Kehm - Open Kleve: Annegret Fuchs - FDP: Andrea van den Burg - AfD: Regina Graf - The Left: Laura Hunck - Volt: Gerwin Putman
Electoral District 120 (Materborn): - CDU: Werner Liffers - Greens: Wiltrud Schnuetgen - SPD: Lutz Ackermann - Open Kleve: Hannelore Pallutz - FDP: Reinhold Tobisch - AfD: Wilfried Suerick - The Left: Nicolas Lechner - Volt: Dominik Tisleric
Electoral District 104 (Donsbruggen, Rindern): - CDU: Norbert Sanders - Green: Kristin Lemhoefer - SPD: Hamid Benbouazza - Open Kleve: Frauke Waassmuth - FDP: Ferdi Schuhmacher - AfD: Dominik Blum - The Left: Maximilian Piontek - Volt: Malte Heuvelmann
Electoral District 103 (Rindern): - CDU: Rebecca Schoofs - Green: Hedwig Meyer-Wilmes - SPD: Josef Gietemann - Open Kleve: Thomas Bruns - FDP: Philipp Wochnik - AfD: Albert Zulauf - The Left: Pascale von Wedel - Volt: Hans-Gerd Roelofs
Electoral District 106 (Kellen): - CDU: Angelika Kanders - Green: Gabor Klung - SPD: Sonja Welberts - Open Kleve: Carla van Erp - FDP: Sascha Piron - AfD: Iris Kaiser-Schweers - The Left: Laura de Beyer - Volt: Fabian Schuchert
Electoral District 110 (Kleve - Innenstadt, Rindern): - CDU: Dieter Kollmer - Green: Lisa Jacobs - SPD: Jürgen Bock - Open Kleve: Stephan Verhees - FDP: Daniel Ruetter - AfD: Moritz Dahlmann - The Left: Lisa Rieger - Volt: Maarten Michael van der Mey
Electoral District 121 (Materborn): - CDU: Bastian Linsen - Greens: Peter Schönrock - SPD: Petra Tekath - Open Kleve: Udo Weinrich - FDP: Heike Edler - AfD: Jörg Convent - The Left: Stefan Vespermann - Volt: Jonas Lamik
Electoral District 116 (Materborn): - CDU: Christina Lindner - Greens: Florian Belluardo - SPD: Hüseyin Ezer - Open Kleve: Eva-Maria Delbeck - FDP: Jan Gietmann - AfD: Tim Göritz - The Left: Philip Weigle - Volt: Eva Terschlüsen
Electoral District 117 (Kleve - Upper Town): - CDU: Joachim Verhoeven - Greens: Susanne Siebert - SPD: Niklas Lichtenberger - Open Kleve: Hannes Jaschinski - FDP: Lukas Kauter - AfD: Wolfgang Beick - The Left: Mia Hawke Lange - Volt: Annika Artz
Electoral District 108 (Kleve - Unterstadt): - CDU: Michael Heyrichs - Green: Ulrike Wäckers - SPD: Stefan Welberts - Open Kleve: Andeas Kespohl - FDP: Liam Derks - AfD: Katrin Seitert - The Left: Daria Stümke - Volt: Yvonne Lamik
Electoral District 122 (Reichswalde): - CDU: Tobias Grundmann - Greens: Norbert Hoffmann - SPD: Cemile Sevim - Open Kleve: Marco Hendricks - FDP: Alexander Bungert - AfD: Gerhard Franken - The Left: Sabine Vespermann - Volt: Julia Blok
Voting Districts: - Voting District 107 (Kellen) - Voting District 109 (Kleve - Unterstadt) - Voting District 113 (Kleve - Oberstadt) (candidates not specified) - Voting District 115 (Kleve - Upper Town) - Voting District 119 (Kleve - Upper Town)
Key Issues: - The CDU focuses on economy, family, education, climate protection, security, and generations. - The Greens prioritise climate, environmental, and nature protection, mobility, housing, retail, and social cohesion. - The Open Klever have a 32-page election program, with topics including climate protection, housing, traffic transition, health, and integration. - The SPD emphasises family, housing, urban and village development, and a cosmopolitan policy against hatred and incitement. - The FDP sets its priorities on health, mobility, digitalization, security and order, housing, and education. - The AfD's election program can be found on their website, and they prioritise security, public order, and urban development. - The Left in Kleve does not have an occupied local branch in Kleve, and a reactivation of the local branch is planned.
Voting Details: - Eligible voters for the municipal election include not only German citizens but also citizens of the other 26 EU member states. - Non-EU citizens can participate in the Integrations Wahl. - Voters have one vote each for the mayoral and district council elections, as well as for the election of the city and municipal councils and the county council. - Eligible voters have the option of exercising their voting rights by postal voting. To do so, the ballot envelope with the completed ballot paper should be sent at the latest three working days before the election. - The election notifications for the municipal elections on September 14, 2025, will be sent out between Monday, August 4, and Sunday, August 24. - The exact street names for the individual voting districts and polling districts can be found here.
For more detailed and current information about the 2025 Cleves municipal election, consult official local election resources or government publications. Information about the municipal election can be found at the State Agency for Political Education NRW.
Politics: The various political parties have announced their candidates for the upcoming municipal elections in Cleves, North Rhine-Westphalia, including the mayoral candidates.
General-news: The key issues the parties are focusing on for the municipal elections include economy, family, education, climate protection, security, social cohesion, housing, mobility, urban and village development, retail, and digitalization.
