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Ahnatal (dpa) - After a stalemate in a runoff election in Ahnatal in northern Hesse, the lot is expected to decide the new mayor.
In the community with 8,100 inhabitants, both incumbent Michael Aufenanger (CDU) and challenger Stephan Hänes (SPD) got exactly half of the votes with 2106 each.
If the election committee confirms the result on Tuesday, a lot will be drawn in the same meeting, said election officer Dieter Semdner on Monday.
Various media had previously reported on the topic.
How exactly the draw will take place is still unclear.
"I'm in the process of checking that," said Semdner.
The drawing of lots is given by the Hessian municipal code.
There it says: "When determining the applicants for the runoff election and the runoff election, if the number of valid votes is the same, the lot to be drawn by the election officer in the meeting of the election committee will decide."
There is no information on the exact procedure.
In the first ballot at the beginning of November, the result was tight.
Aufenanger received 46.68 percent of the vote, Hänes 45.10.
One candidate from the Greens was far behind.
Because none of the opponents came over 50 percent, there was a runoff.
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