Stab in MV: Who will be the new district administrator? Exciting counting runs!

Stab in MV: Who will be the new district administrator? Exciting counting runs!

On Sunday, May 25, 2025, the stab vote for the district offices in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania took place. The affected counties are Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald and Mecklenburg Lake District, with a total of around 599,000 people entitled to vote. The counting of the votes was followed live by an interactive card, such as Ostsee-zeitung.de reported.

In the district of Vorpommern-Rügen, the independent incumbent Stefan Kerth stands for election against AfD candidate Carlos Rodrigues. In Vorpommern-Greifswald, incumbent Michael Sack from the CDU qualified against the AfD candidate Inken Arndt. In the Mecklenburg Lake District, a new district administrator is elected due to the withdrawal of Heiko Kärger (CDU), whereby the election between Enrico Schult (AfD) and Thomas Müller (CDU) must be decided.

counting results and voting participation

A decision was made in the first ballot in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district: Stefan Sternberg received 57.9 percent of the vote from the SPD. The counting of the votes begins at about the same time after the polling stations closed at 6:00 p.m. Up to this point, the turnout in various regions was at a lower level than in the previous elections. The participation at 2 p.m. in the Mecklenburg Lake District was 20.9 percent (previously 23.7 percent) and in Greifswald 18.51 percent (previously 20.63 percent), such as ndr.de reported.

In the first counts, there was a promising picture for the incumbent. In Vorpommern-Rügen, Stefan Kerth was 71.7 percent ahead of Carlos Rodrigues at 6:35 p.m., while Michael Sack in Vorpommern-Greifswald was 52.3 percent ahead of Inken Arndt. In the Mecklenburg Lake District, Thomas Müller was favored by the CDU against Enrico Schult by the AfD with 53.4 percent when 247 out of 297 electoral districts were counted.

Mayor election in Neubrandenburg

In addition to the district elections, elections as the new mayor of Neubrandenburg also took place. Here Nico Klose (independent) and Frank Benischke (CDU) competed against each other. The CDU has the opportunity to take over the mayor in Neubrandenburg, as the current results show. This is done in the context of a farewell by the previous mayor Silvio Witt, in which around 400 people were present.

The elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are subject to specific regulations. All Germans and citizens of the EU member states who are at least 16 years old are entitled to vote. The selection for public offices, on the other hand, is a minimum age of 18 years, with requirements for the place of residence, such as laiv-mv.de explained.