Politics
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In the local elections of 2004 the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the largest party on the council with 24 seats. It was followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 18 and the Alliance 90/The Greens with 7, the WBG (a conservative lis) and Free Democrats with four each, FLW (also a conservative list) with three, National Democratic Party two, and the PDS/WAL (socialists) and AUF Witten (a left wing list) with one each.
From 2004 to 2020, for the first time in its history, the council was led by a female mayor: Sonja Leidemann (SPD). In the election of 2020 she lost her mandate to Lars König (CDU).
Mayor[edit]
The current mayor of Hattingen is Dirk Glaser, who ran as an independent. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:
Candidate
Party
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Dirk Glaser
Independent
8,756
39.4
9,356
58.3
Frank Mielke
Social Democratic Party
6,723
30.2
6,695
41.7
Frank Staacken
Alliance 90/The Greens
4,281
19.3
Christian Siever
Independent
1,285
5.8
Thomas Bausch
Independent
1,185
5.3
Valid votes
22,230
97.3
16,051
99.0
Invalid votes
614
2.7
154
1.0
Total
22,844
100.0
16,205
100.0
Electorate/voter turnout
45,151
50.6
45,151
35.9
Source: City of Hattingen (1st round, 2nd round)
City council[edit]
Results of the 2020 city council election.
The Hattingen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
Party
Votes
%
+/-
Seats
+/-
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
7,404
33.1
8.8
16
3
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
6,893
30.9
2.8
15
±0
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
5,288
23.7
11.7
11
5
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
1,529
6.8
2.7
3
1
Die PARTEI
1,229
5.5
New
3
New
Valid votes
22,343
97.8
Invalid votes
496
2.2
Total
22,839
100.0
48
2
Electorate/voter turnout
45,151
50.6
0.7
Source: City of Hattingen
State Landtag[edit]
In the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hattingen is part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I constituency. Rainer Bovermann of the SPD has been representative since the constituency's creation in the 2005 election; he was most recently re-elected in 2017.
Federal parliament[edit]
In the Bundestag, Witten is part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II constituency. Axel Echeverria of the SPD was elected as representative in the 2021 German federal election.
