Baden-Württemberg: Mayor election Heidelberg: SPD candidate Michelsburg gives up

Heidelberg (dpa / lsw) - The SPD candidate Sören Michelsburg will not run again in the new election of Heidelberg's mayor. "I'm withdrawing and I'm not making any recommendations for anyone," said the 34-year-old to the German Press Agency on Wednesday. The SPD city council got 13.5 percent of the votes in last Sunday's election and thus ended up in third place - behind ex-science minister Theresia Bauer from the Greens with 21.6 percent and the non-party incumbent Eckart Würzner with around 45, 9 percent. Since no one has achieved the absolute majority of the votes, there will be another election on November 27th. The previous candidates can compete again, as can new applicants, provided they meet the requirements.