SPDSPDSozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Elif Kaya
List place 2
- Election
- Landtagswahl 2027 · Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Electoral area
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Election day
- May 9, 2027
Last updated: Sep 28, 2026
About
Elif Kaya has lived in the region for more than twenty years and has been active in neighbourhood work for a long time. Education, fair opportunities and a city where everyone belongs are the focus of the candidacy.
Personal background
Born in Offenbach am Main in 1981, grew up in a family of four children. Is married and has two children.
Education
Abitur, Goethe-Gymnasium Frankfurt (2000)
Electrical engineering (MSc), TU Darmstadt (2005)
Occupation
Works as a project engineer for a municipal utility, planning the switch of public buildings to renewable energy.
Community work
Chair of a local parents' association since 2019
Volunteer at the neighbourhood food bank
Member of the intercultural council
Why I am standing
“I want decisions about our neighbourhood to be made together with the people who live here.”
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The candidate's positions
Only what the candidate has said or written themselves. Party positions are not attributed to the candidate.
Discrimination
Supports
Wants an independent anti-discrimination office with its own budget.
Religious freedom
Supports
Opposes a headscarf ban for teachers and civil servants.
Said so in an interview with a local newspaper in February 2026.
Education
Unclear
Supports more mother-tongue teaching, but has not said how it would be funded.
Local participation
Opposes
Rejects voting rights in local elections for residents without EU citizenship.
Mosque construction
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No documented position.
Assessment
Independent assessment
52 %
Independent assessment by the local team · Sep 20, 2026
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