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Local elections 2014: Ten parties and voter associations represented on Chemnitz City Council

City electoral officer Berthold Brehm announced the provisional election results of the city council elections on Sunday evening at 11.14 pm: According to the results, a total of ten parties and voter associations will be represented in the new Chemnitz city council. Voter turnout was 44.15 per cent, lower than five years ago (46.85 per cent). A total of 201,765 eligible voters were called upon to decide on the composition of the city council with its 60 members.

The results of the Chemnitz City Council elections in detail:

DIE LINKE 23.61 per cent15 seats
CDU 24.54 per cent 15 seats
SPD19.5 per cent 12 seats
FDP5.46 per cent 3 seats
Alliance 90/The Greens7.88 per cent 5 seats
Pro.Chemnitz/DSU5.69 per cent3 seats
People's Solidarity 3.13 per cent2 seats
NPD 2.01 per cent 1 seat
AfD5.63 per cent3 seats
The party 0.64 per cent - Seats
The Pirates 1.89 per cent 1 seat

The detailed results can be found at www.chemnitz.de. The results of the European elections and the elections to the eight local councils can also be found there.

The city election committee will officially determine all provisional election results at its public meeting on Wednesday, 28 May at 10 a.m. (City Hall, consultation room 118).