Incumbent Mayor Mirko Knöfel Re-elected in Klipphausen
Incumbent mayor Mirko Knöfel has secured another term in Klipphausen, Germany, following a second round of voting.
The municipality of Klipphausen in Saxony concluded its mayoral election process on Sunday. Incumbent mayor Mirko Knöfel, who ran as an independent, secured approximately 46 percent of the vote in the second round, successfully defending his seat. Voter turnout for the decisive round was reported at 56.5 percent.
The second round became necessary after no candidate achieved an absolute majority during the initial voting in late August. At that stage, Knöfel led with 42.2 percent of the vote. In the final tally, challenger Marcel Golz received 34.1 percent, Brit Reimann-Bernhardt secured 18.9 percent, and Dirk-Uwe Benkstein finished with one percent.
Klipphausen is one of the largest municipalities by area in Saxony, consisting of 43 individual settlements within the Meißen district near Dresden. Concurrently, voters in the neighboring municipality of Lommatzsch also confirmed the re-election of incumbent mayor Anita Maaß (FDP).