Details on the upcoming 2025 local elections

Voters in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, are gearing up for the 2025 municipal election. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you understand the voting process.

If you're interested in learning more about the direct voting process, visit www.unser-website.de/direktwahl.aspx. For general information about the election, you can visit www.unser-website.de/kommunalwahl.aspx.

Mail-in voting materials can be requested online by Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM using this link: oliwa.kommunale.it/IWS/startini.do?mb=5378004B. Red voting envelopes should be placed in the mail by the latest Wednesday to ensure timely delivery by the post office.

Voting on election day at district polling stations will take place from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. No direct voting offices will be offered in Bensberg and Refrath. However, direct voting is possible at Zanders until Friday, September 12, 2025, at 3:00 PM, and at the central voting office in Scheidtbachstraße 23, 51469 Bergisch Gladbach, until 3:00 PM on election day for suddenly ill persons, with proper documentation.

Un-delivered voting materials can be claimed until Saturday before the election, September 13, 2025, by calling 02202 - 14 2888. The city of Bergisch Gladbach's voting office will be open from 7:00 AM until the completion of the counting process on election day.

The counting in all polling and mail-in voting districts is open to the public. If a runoff election occurs, mail-in voting materials will be automatically sent if a choice was made on the original mail-in voting materials. In such a case, the direct voting office will reopen on September 22, 2025.

The counting of election results will begin on September 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM, and no preliminary results may be published before then. No preliminary results of the election can be published before 6:00 PM on September 14, 2025. The results of the municipal election will be available on the homepage of the city's website.

Remember, those who have already requested a voting permit cannot vote in their district on election day. A voting permit can still be issued until 3:00 PM on election day for suddenly ill persons, with proper documentation at the central voting office in Scheidtbachstraße 23, 51469 Bergisch Gladbach.

In case of a runoff election, the results will be announced on the city's website, and the counting process on election day will continue until the completion of the counting process. The city hall, town halls, and the central voting office's mailboxes will accept red voting envelopes until election day at 4:00 PM.

The counting in all polling and mail-in voting districts is open to the public. For more information, visit the provided links or contact the city's election office.