Overview
- The new tally shows Marc Buchholz with 24,891 votes (50.2%) to Nadia Khalaf’s 24,690 (49.8%), according to the city.
- Mülheim’s electoral committee ordered a full recount across all 153 polling districts to maximize clarity and acceptance.
- The election supervisor and local CDU questioned the legality of a citywide recount, citing rules for systematic multi-district errors.
- The regional authority in Düsseldorf said it could not intervene at this stage and noted that any challenge would follow formal election-review procedures.
- Counting was conducted publicly on Tuesday, as Khalaf pressed for transparency to counter circulating theories, while Buchholz was absent on a long-planned anniversary trip.