AfD fails to win any mayoral seats in Lower Saxony runoff elections
A runoff round of municipal elections was held in Germany's Lower Saxony on Sunday, and the right-wing eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party did not win a single mayoral race, according to compiled results.
Germany's federal state of Lower Saxony held the second round of its municipal elections on Sunday, deciding a number of mayoral posts that had not been settled outright in the first round.
Compiled results show that the right-wing eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party did not secure a single mayoral office in this runoff round. This means the party, which has seen growing voter support in several German regions in recent years, did not achieve a direct breakthrough into mayoral positions in Lower Saxony's municipalities this time.
Municipal elections in Germany are widely viewed as an important gauge of party popularity between major federal votes, and their outcomes are often analyzed as signals of the country's broader political mood. AfD has in recent years sought to strengthen its standing at both the regional and federal level, including by seeking leading positions in local government.
The source report does not specify which parties or candidates won the mayoral posts in the runoff round, nor does it state the total number of constituencies or towns where the second round took place.
