Local elections in Lower Saxony 2001
The 2001 local elections in Lower Saxony took place on September 9, 2001.
More than 2000 municipal representatives are elected in Lower Saxony every five years. These include the regional assembly of the Hanover region, district assemblies , city councils , (joint) municipal councils as well as city district and local councils. In addition, direct elections to determine district administrators and mayors are often held at the same time .
Eligible voters
In the 2001 local elections in Lower Saxony, all Germans and citizens of another EU country who had reached the age of 16 on election day were eligible to vote if they had been permanently resident in the electoral area for at least three months and were entered in the electoral roll. In addition, they were not allowed to be excluded from the right to vote on the basis of civil or criminal court decisions.
Election process
The electoral area was divided into elective areas of almost the same size with different lists of candidates. Each voter had three votes, which he could distribute among the candidates at will.
Election results
District elections
In district elections z. B. elected the district council of a district or the council of an independent city . The results are shown here cumulatively for the entire state.
| Eligible voters | 6,218,814 | ||
| Voters | 3,492,049 | ||
| voter turnout | 56.2 | ||
| Invalid ballot | 74,314 | ||
| Valid ballot papers | 3,417,735 | ||
| Valid votes | 9,988,844 | ||
| Parties | be right | percent | Seats |
| CDU | 4,255,797 | 42.6 | 1,061 |
| SPD | 3,851,990 | 38.6 | 969 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 670.933 | 6.7 | 143 |
| FDP | 615.152 | 6.2 | 142 |
| PDS | 57,961 | 0.6 | 6th |
| The Republicans | 50,764 | 0.5 | 3 |
| NPD | 7,589 | 0.1 | 0 |
| INSTEAD OF PARTY | 5,527 | 0.1 | 0 |
| PBC | 4.158 | 0.0 | 0 |
| German party | 3,056 | 0.0 | 1 |
| ödp | 2,796 | 0.0 | 0 |
| DKP | 2.711 | 0.0 | 0 |
| CENTER | 783 | 0.0 | 0 |
| THE GRAY | 638 | 0.0 | 0 |
| FAMILY | 124 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Groups of voters | 451.483 | 4.5 | 89 |
| Single applicant | 5,816 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Others | 1,566 | 0.0 | 0 |
Municipal elections
In municipal elections , the municipal councils or city councils of the individual municipalities or cities are elected. The cumulative results for the entire federal state are shown below. The count does not include the results of the city council elections in urban districts , these are counted towards the district elections.
| Eligible voters | 5,410,352 | ||
| Voters | 3,100,549 | ||
| voter turnout | 57.3% | ||
| Invalid ballot | 57,390 | ||
| Valid ballot papers | 3,043,159 | ||
| Valid votes | 8.928.150 | ||
| Parties | be right | percent | Seats |
| CDU | 3,803,563 | 42.6 | 7299 |
| SPD | 3,380,156 | 37.9 | 6045 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 447.436 | 5.0 | 396 |
| FDP | 415.285 | 4.7 | 412 |
| PDS | 21,880 | 0.2 | 4th |
| The Republicans | 17,254 | 0.2 | 4th |
| DKP | 3,054 | 0.0 | 1 |
| NPD | 2,849 | 0.0 | 2 |
| INSTEAD OF PARTY | 2,779 | 0.0 | 1 |
| PBC | 1,407 | 0.0 | 0 |
| THE GRAY | 1,116 | 0.0 | 0 |
| ödp | 817 | 0.0 | 0 |
| CENTER | 500 | 0.0 | 0 |
| German party | 330 | 0.0 | 0 |
| FAMILY | 76 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Groups of voters | 802.860 | 9.0 | 2486 |
| Single applicant | 26.004 | 0.3 | 22nd |
| Others | 784 | 0.0 | 0 |
See also
- Results of the local elections in Lower Saxony
- Local elections in Lower Saxony in 2006
- Local elections in Lower Saxony 2011