Everyone votes in Tübingen!

Results of the first symbolic election in Tübingen: Left party narrowly misses absolute majority

For two weeks, the polling stations of the “Alle Wählen Tübingen” campaign, which organized Tübingen's first symbolic elections, were open to people without a German passport and people under 18. They were able to cast their votes at various locations in the city - such as the Mädchentreff, the Asylzentrum, the office of Mobile Jugendarbeit and pop-up polling stations - before the Bundestag elections. The initiative promoted political participation and political education and drew attention to the fact that 14% of adults in Germany do not have the right to vote in the Bundestag elections.

Despite the short preparation time due to the early federal election, “Alle Wählen Tübingen” reached 137 people without a passport or under 18 who cast their votes. Die Linke received the most votes for both first and second votes from citizens who are not eligible to vote in the Bundestag election. With 46.6 percent of the second votes, Die Linke fell just short of an absolute majority; 36.6 percent voted for Ralf Jaster, the direct candidate of Die Linke in the Tübingen-Hechingen constituency. Asli Kücük (Greens, 26%) and Florian Zarnetta (SPD, 19.8%) came second and third in the first votes. Christoph Naser (CDU) received 8.4 percent of the vote. The SPD came second in the second vote: 22.1 percent voted for the SPD state list. 14.5 percent voted for Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen and 6.9 percent for the CDU. Six votes were invalid.

Not only people without the right to vote were allowed to vote in “All Vote” - there was also a ballot paper for Germans over 18. When asked whether people without a German passport but with a permanent residence in Germany should be allowed to vote in Bundestag elections in future, 91.5% of the 129 voters answered “yes”.)