Municipal elections Second ballot required for Köniz municipal council

The three-way contest for the vacant seat on Köniz municipal council will go to a second ballot on October 20. No one achieved an absolute majority in the first round of the by-election.

With 4865 votes, Green Liberal Thomas Marti received the most votes, followed by SP candidate Géraldine Mercedes Boesch with 4439 votes. The EPP candidate Katja Streiff received 2614 votes, as announced by the municipality of Köniz on Sunday. The voter turnout was 44.5 percent.

The seat on the executive is vacant because the incumbent municipal councillor Thomas Brönnimann (GLP), head of the Security and Property Directorate, is stepping down at the end of the year for personal reasons. The current term of office runs until the end of 2025, and the general elections for the term of office from 2026 will take place in the fall of next year.

The five-member municipal government in Köniz is currently made up of one member each from the Greens, SP, GLP, FDP and SVP. The by-election could therefore decide on a new majority in the municipal council.

The second round of voting in October will be based on the relative majority. The person with the most votes will therefore be elected.