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- AfD raised its vote share to 15.9% in Lower Saxony municipal elections, tripling its 2021 result.
- AfD finished third behind the CDU and SPD in the same election.
- Voter turnout rose to 64.6%, up from 57% in 2021.
- In Salzgitter, AfD became the largest city-council faction with 13 seats.
- Holocaust survivor Umlauf wrote to North Rhine-Westphalia premier Hendrik Wüst urging a rapid ban on the AfD.