the City Council
The City Council represents the citizens of the municipality. It lays down the principles for the administration of the city and decides on all self-administration matters of the city, unless it has delegated the decision to a committee or unless the Lord Mayor is responsible by law or the City Council has delegated certain matters to it for decision. The City Council monitors the implementation of its resolutions.
Rules of procedure for the city council, the committees and the advisory boards of the city of Idar-Oberstein
Distribution of seats in the city council
Based on the number of inhabitants, the city council of Idar-Oberstein has 40 members. The local elections on 26.05.2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
After the local elections on 09.06.2024, the following distribution of seats will result from 01.07.2024
Contact with the council groups
Websites of the parties represented in the city council (still being updated)
| Party / Voter group | Homepage |
| CDU | www.cdu-kv-birkenfeld.de/cdu-kreisverband/cdu-stadtverband-idar-oberstein |
| SPD | www.spd-idar-oberstein.de |
| FDP | www.fdpbir.de |
| LUB | www.lub-io.de |
| Free List | www.freie-liste-io.de |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | www.gruene-birkenfeld.de |
| The Left | https://birkenfeld.dielinke-rhlp.de/die-linke/aktuell/ |