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Local elections 2019: Ten parties and voter associations represented on Chemnitz City Council

City electoral officer Sven Schulze announced the provisional election results for the city council elections early on Monday morning at 01:16: A total of ten parties and voter associations will be represented in the new Chemnitz City Council. Voter turnout was 61.26 per cent, significantly higher than five years ago (44.15 per cent). A total of 197,000 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:

CDU19.93 per cent13 seats
The Left16.74 per cent10 seats
SPD11.65 per cent7 seats
GREENS11.51 per cent7 seats
Pro Chemnitz.DSU7.68 per cent5 seats
AfD17.91 per cent11 seats
FDP7.39 per cent4 seats
Vosi2.27 per cent1 seat
Chemnitz for All1.97 per cent1 seat
DIE PARTEI2.96 per cent1 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 for the European elections will officially determine all provisional election results at its public meeting on Friday, 31 May at 10 a.m. (City Hall, consultation room 118). The city election committee for the city council elections will then meet on 31 May 2019 at 11 a.m. for its meeting on the ascertainment and determination of results.