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Significantly Fewer Votes for AfD in Second Round of Lower Saxony Elections, Resulting in No Mayor Positions
The far-right AfD party failed to secure any mayoral positions in the second round of elections in the German state of Lower Saxony. In all three municipalities where AfD candidates ran, they received significantly fewer votes than their opponents: Frank Klingebiel (CDU) won in Salzgitter with 74.7 percent against Patricia Mair, independent Anna Adamczak won in Münster with 80.5 percent against Christoph Weynand, and independent Jens Lüer won in Bockenem with 69.6 percent against Felix Mull.
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