The AfD politician Rolf Weigand has won the mayoral election in Großschirma in central Saxony. According to preliminary election results, he received 59.4 percent of the vote in the first round on Sunday.
Weigand, who is a member of the state parliament, ran as an individual candidate against two other candidates. André Erler achieved 22.3 percent for the Independent Citizens' Association. Gunther Zschommler achieved 18.2 percent for the CDU.
The election in the small town of 5,500 inhabitants had become necessary following the suicide of long-time incumbent Volkmar Schreiter last fall. Weigand also stood in the previous mayoral election, but was defeated by Schreiter at the time.
Weigand is the second man to hold a mayoral post for the AfD in Saxony. Tim Lochner only took office as mayor of Pirna at the beginning of the week. Lochner is not an AfD member, but had been nominated for election by the party.
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