The AfD politician André Barth has won the mayoral election in Altenberg in the Eastern Ore Mountains. According to the preliminary results, he received 61.8 percent of the vote, as the town council announced online. This means that he achieved the required majority of more than 50 percent in the first round of voting. Barth had previously been acting mayor. Voter turnout on Sunday was 70.8 percent.
The mayoral election in the winter sports resort with a population of around 7,500 was necessary after the head of the town, Markus Wiesenberg (CDU), threw in the towel in summer 2025. He resigned from office and blamed a deadlock in the town council. His deputy Barth then took over the reins.
Barth not first mayor with AfD ticket
Barth was the only candidate to stand for a party. The other four candidates, including one woman, were non-partisan. One of them stood for a voters' association.
In Saxony, the AfD is already the mayor of Großschirma with Rolf Weigand. The non-party mayor of Pirna, Tim Lochner, won the top seat in the town hall for the AfD.
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