Municipal Election 2026

Election Day: March 8, 2026

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In the election of the First Mayor on March 8, 2026 , no candidate achieved an absolute majority. Korbinian Rausch (CSU) and Johanna Zapf (Greens) received the most votes.

Also in the election of the District Administrator , no candidate achieved the required absolute majority. Therefore, Christoph Göbel (CSU) and Marion Seitz (Greens) will also compete in a runoff election.

Accordingly, a runoff election on Sunday, March 22, 2026, will decide who will become the future First Mayor of Unterhaching and who will assume the office of District Administrator.

In this runoff election, you have one vote per election.

Voting at the polling station

The runoff election will take place on Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the same polling stations as two weeks earlier.

Eligible voters should bring their still valid voter notification as well as an identification document. No new voter notification has been issued for the runoff election.

If you have lost your voter notification, you can vote by presenting a valid ID.

If you have applied for postal voting but wish to vote in person, please take the polling certificate from your postal voting documents and go with it and a valid ID to any polling station within the municipality.

Sick on election day?

An authorized person can collect your postal voting documents on election Sunday until 3:00 p.m. at the Unterhaching Town Hall with a medical certificate, a power of attorney, and their own ID.

The usual deadlines for submitting postal voting documents apply.

Postal voting

Dispatch and submission of ballot letters

Ballot letters should no longer be sent by post. They can be submitted in person until Sunday, March 22, 6:00 p.m. in the official mailboxes at Unterhaching Town Hall (available around the clock).

Still waiting for your postal voting documents?

If you have not yet received your requested postal voting documents, please contact the election office of Unterhaching immediately.

Replacement documents can be requested in person with a valid ID until Friday, March 20, 3:00 p.m. at the town hall.

Do you still want to apply for postal voting?

Postal voting documents can only be applied for and collected in person with a valid ID – until Friday, March 20, 2026, 3:00 p.m. at Unterhaching Town Hall.

Publication of election results

The first valid results of the runoff election are expected to be published on the evening of March 22, 2026, from approximately 6:45 p.m.