{
  "id": 10290422,
  "title": "Local elections: AfD loses run-off elections in Lower Saxony – Hannover remains green",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/kommunalwahl-afd-verliert-stichwahlen-in-niedersachsen-hannover",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-27T21:04:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/kommunalwahl-afd-verliert-stichwahlen-in-niedersachsen-hannover-bleibt-gruen/100257769.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The Greens have defended the mayoral office in Hannover, with Belit Onay winning 61.5% of the vote. The SPD suffered losses, but Eva Bender will become president of the Region Hannover with 69.4% of the vote in a runoff. The AfD suffered clear defeats in three runoff elections, failing to secure any top municipal positions. In other cities, incumbents were re-elected, including Thorsten Kornblum in Braunschweig and Katharina Pötter in Osnabrück.",
  "summary": "In three run-off elections, the AfD had chances of securing its first municipal top office in Lower Saxony. All three were clearly lost. In Hanover, the incumbent prevails.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}