Local elections: Lower Saxony has voted – Wolfsburg remains in CDU hands
Impressed by the VW crisis, six million Lower Saxons decided on their local politics. Now there are first results, which are being closely watched in Berlin.
In the recent local elections in Lower Saxony, Germany, millions of people cast their votes. In Wolfsburg, CDU's Dennis Weilmann won 50.1% of the vote to remain as mayor, beating SPD's Karsten Schneider and AfD's Thomas Schick. In Hannover, the state capital, incumbent mayor Belit Onay of the Greens was leading his SPD challenger Axel von der Ohe with over two-thirds of the votes counted.
The voter turnout was 50.67%, higher than in the previous elections, with around 6.3 million people eligible to vote for local councils, mayors, and district administrators. The preliminary final results are expected on Monday, with a projection by Infratest dimap to be published on Sunday evening.
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