2021 Hessian local elections

Local elections were held in the German state of Hesse on 14 March 2021 to elect district, municipal, and city councils and local boards, as well as mayors in some cities and district administrators in some districts. Indirect elections also took place for the Planning Board of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority and the regional councils of Hesse's three governing districts.[1][2]

All EU citizens aged 18 or over on election day were eligible to vote if they had lived in a municipality for at least six weeks. Eligible voters who were not EU citizens could vote if they had lived in a municipality for at least three months.[3]

  1. ^ "Local elections 2021". Hessian State Returning Officer. Retrieved 26 February 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Calendar of direct elections in Hesse". Hessian State Statistical Office. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ "§ 32 of the Hessian Municipal Code (HGO)". Justice Portal of North Rhine-Westphalia.