Elections: Three lessons from the local elections in Lower Saxony
More than six million people in Lower Saxony had a say. Who won and lost - and what signals are being sent to Berlin.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is expected to remain the strongest party in local councils in Lower Saxony, Germany, with 27.7% of votes, ahead of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) which received 24.5%. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) saw significant gains, increasing its vote share to 16.5%, while the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) lost votes.
The elections, which took place on 9 June, were seen as a barometer for the mood in a western German state ahead of upcoming state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
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