The SPD is in search of a new top – but in the meantime, there is still a long way to go. These are the remaining dates up to the announcement.

Munich – The final result of the race to succeed Andrea Nahles, and thus the chairmanship of the SPD still seems far away. But already at the end of October a first decision could fall.

Still in the race for the SPD’s presidency of the Duo, Olaf Scholz, and Klara Geywitz, Petra Köpping and Boris Pistorius, Gesine Schwan, and Ralf Stegner, Karl Lauterbach and Nina Scheer, Christina Kampmann and Michael Roth, Hilde Mattheis, and Dierk Hirschel and Saskia esque and Norbert Walter-Borjans, are.

Especially good are the chances for a surprise candidate Walter-Borjans, could be. The return of the single candidate, Karl-Heinz Brunner, as well as the Duo Simone Long, and Alexander Ahrens is kicked.

SPD-chair: members elect in October

regional conferences in October of the vote. In period from 14. to 25. October each of the approximately 420,000 SPD-voting members for his preferred candidate. Who is up to 16. September, the SPD was a member, has one vote in the election.

The voting is online or by mail is possible. The result is on Saturday, 26. October 2019 to be announced. A candidate should be able to get the Duo to have been about 50 percent of the votes, is the new party-top.

by the Way: the TV-Moderator Jan böhmermann wants to be according to their own assessment SPD-in-chief. According to the rules of procedure of the social Democrats, there is even a last chance to candidacy.

SPD-President: runoff election between place 1 and 2

this Is not the case, it is. of 19 up to 29. November a reconciliation between course 1 and course 2 performed. The chances of such a run-off election are: That before the Duo get in the chair, is little likely to be – a clear favorite has not done under the Duos still out.

election of the SPD chairmanship: Official announcement

On the SPD-party Congress of 6. to 8. December will be the new top-of-the formally confirmed. The party Congress is the highest decision-making body of the SPD. Only the Congress is entitled to determine a new leadership – the vote of the members is not legally binding. However, it is expected that the 600 delegates of the members to connect decision.

A decision in October 2019 in Thuringia. The Landtag is elected. In a recent poll, the CDU and the AfD are equal.

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