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SPD-Kandidat gewinnt Bürgermeisterwahl in Wennigsen mit acht Stimmen Vorsprung
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SPD-Kandidat gewinnt Bürgermeisterwahl in Wennigsen mit acht Stimmen Vorsprung

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  • Bei der Bürgermeisterwahl in Wennigsen (Deister) setzte sich der SPD-Kandidat Ingo Klokemann mit nur acht Stimmen Vorsprung gegen Daniel Stein von der Wählergruppe Für gesamt Wennigsen! durch.
  • Das vorläufige amtliche Endergebnis zeigt 3.391 Stimmen für Klokemann und 3.383 für Stein.
  • Auch in Lamspringe war die Stichwahl knapp: Matthias Nicht (CDU) gewann mit 16 Stimmen gegen Martin Hauk (SPD).

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Bei der vorherigen Bürgermeisterwahl 2021 siegte Ingo Klokemann mit rund 300 Stimmen Vorsprung. Auch damals war das Ergebnis in Wennigsen knapp.

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Denkbar knapp ist die Bürgermeisterwahl in Wennigsen (Deister) ausgegangen. Mit nur acht Stimmen Vorsprung entschied SPD-Kandidat Ingo Klokemann die Wahl in der Gemeinde in der Region Hannover für sich. Das geht aus dem vorläufigen amtlichen Endergebnis hervor.

Genau 3.391 Stimmen entfielen auf den Amtsinhaber, sein Herausforderer Daniel Stein von der Wählergruppe Für gesamt Wennigsen! kam auf 3.383 Stimmen. 29 Stimmen wurden als ungültig gezählt. Bereits bei der vorherigen Bürgermeisterwahl 2021 war es in der Gemeinde knapp. Damals siegte Klokemann mit rund 300 Stimmen Vorsprung.

Knapp war es am heutigen Wahlabend zudem in der Gemeinde Lamspringe im Landkreis Hildesheim. Matthias Nicht (CDU) bekam in der Bürgermeister-Stichwahl letztlich 16 Stimmen mehr als Martin Hauk (SPD).

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  • Wie hoch war die Wahlbeteiligung in Wennigsen und Lamspringe?
  • Gibt es Anfechtungen des Wahlergebnisses?
  • Wann tritt der neu gewählte Bürgermeister sein Amt an?

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