Christin Witt remains Mayor of Loitz with 69.9%!

Christin Witt remains Mayor of Loitz with 69.9%!

in Loitz, a small but lively city in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, the population has decided who will take over the helm in the city tour for the next seven years. Christin Witt from the CDU won the mayoral election with a clear victory and secured a fabulous 69.9 percent of the vote. Her challenger, Tilo Janzen, who went into the race as independent, received only 30.1 percent. In absolute numbers, this means: 1,114 votes for WITT and 480 for Janzen. This choice impressively shows how clear the confidence of the citizens in her new mayor is reports ndr .

Citizen participation was in the middle of the field with 44.6 percent, since a total of 1,624 of 3,639 residents who were entitled to vote made their vote. Particularly noteworthy: 379 citizens decided to use the postal voting, which is over 10 percent of voters. Community election manager Annett Blum expressed a positive statement about the turnout and the smooth election events. There were no incidents in six polling stations, which shows that the election workers, who were in use for the fourth time this year, did their work excellently. Buns and cakes were even provided for these helpers to sweeten the long day wrote down the Nordkurier .

the future challenges

Christin Witt, who now takes over the office of her predecessor Michael Sack, also from the CDU, sees great challenges. She has already announced that it has a significant contribution to urban development in the coming years. Her priorities include the design of the inner city district, the renovation of streets and the improvement of the bathing establishment. Witt emphasized that there are numerous topics that have to be tackled and she will do everything possible to advance Loitz.

The results of the choice also show how important election research is to understand long -term trends in election behavior. According to an analysis on the website of the Federal Center for Political Education, various data types have established themselves over the years that provide information about the preferences of the voters. In view of the unique needs of municipalities such as Loitz, the ongoing discussion of these data offers valuable insights into the election behavior of the citizens informs the bpb .