Five cities elect mayors - the results

Döbeln retains Liebhauser as mayor

In Döbeln (district of Central Saxony), one thing is certain: the new mayor's name is the same as the old one: Incumbent Sven Liebhauser (CDU) secured the election victory. According to the provisional final result, he received 56.4 percent of the vote - significantly more than the required absolute majority. He was followed by Sven Weißflog (Freie Wähler), who received 33.4 percent of the vote.

Sven Hofmann from the small far-right party "Freie Sachsen" received 6.0 percent and Jörg Koitsch (BSW) 4.2 percent. Voter turnout was 52.4 percent.

In Dippoldiswalde and Werdau, incumbents also won

The mayor of Dippoldiswalde (Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains), Kerstin Körner, defended her office even more clearly. As an independent candidate, she won 77.4 percent of the vote according to the provisional results and will therefore remain mayor for a further seven years. Marcus Wünschmann (non-party) and Tom Wittig (Left Party), on the other hand, had no chance with 15.0 percent and 7.6 percent respectively. Only 48.5 percent of eligible voters found their way to the ballot box.

Mayor Sören Kristensen (Independent List) achieved a similarly strong result in Werdau (Zwickau district). 71.9 percent of voters voted for the incumbent, who thus remains head of the town hall. The remaining votes were split between challengers Philipp Meyer (Bürger für Werdau) with 19.3 percent and Willy Leo Lippold (Linke) with 8.8 percent. Here, too, voter turnout was low at 47.8 percent.

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