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Hesse votes: The local elections are about the composition of the local political bodies. The polling stations are open until 6 p.m.
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On Saturday, the parties and voter groups in the region campaigned for votes again. Now the voters have their say. The polling stations have been open since 8 a.m. People in the region can visit until 6 p.m Local election cast their votes.
It's about the composition of the district council, city council and community council as well as the local advisory board. Or to put it another way: it's about the future of the region and the political decisions for the next five years.
The experience of past local elections shows that voters should allow more time in the voting booth than in the federal or state elections. The ballot papers in Hesse are due to the Electoral system with cumulation and variegation often huge. You cast 59 votes for the city council meeting in Fulda alone.
This is also why it works The trend in local elections is increasingly towards postal voting. In the city of Fulda, 12,386 people had applied for postal votes by Thursday. That's about a quarter of all eligible voters.
We'll keep you up to date all day long in our live election ticker. In the evening you will find results, votes and initial analyzes of the election in the city and district of Fulda here. In our interactive data mapswhich are the heart of local election reporting, you will find results from all municipalities in Hesse at a glance.
A “mood trend” for the local elections surveyed by the Dimap survey institute sees the CDU clearly ahead, as fr.de reports. The party received 33 percent of the vote nationwide – after 28.5 percent in the 2021 local elections. The SPD, on the other hand, would fall from 24 percent five years ago to 16 percent now, while the AfD would increase significantly from 6.9 to 18 percent.
