Frank Steffen has won the run-off election for the district administrator of the Oder-Spree district. Steffen beat AfD candidate Rainer Galla with 52.4 percent of the votes.
With 29,963 votes, the mayor of the district town of Beeskow also achieved the approval of 15 percent of eligible voters required for the election. At 38.5 percent, voter turnout was significantly higher than in the first round of voting three weeks ago. Rolf Lindemann (SPD) is retiring on 1 August.