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Dozens of municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia fought in the evening when presenting the local election results on the Internet with sometimes serious problems.In various cities in the Ruhr area and on the Lower Rhine, a technical error was identified as the cause.However, as far as Münster and surrounding cities are concerned, there is a serious suspicion in the room. In Münster there was a disturbance in visualization of the election results, said a spokesman for the city.The result website was unavailable for hours.The cause of this disorder was unusual high access to a server. Hacker attack in Münsterland communities? An explanation for this could be a hacker attack, according to the city of Münster.But you don't know that exactly yet, the city spokesman said."The proper execution of the choice was never endangered," he emphasized. +++ Local election results in Münster in the newsblog: Change of power in sight!- AfD and left -wing cheer +++ Not only Münster was affected by the possible hacker attack, as the WDR reports.For example, there were problems in Münsterland communities such as Coesfeld, Greven and Warendorf with the transmission of the election results and in the presentation in the "Vote Manager" software.The cities are connected to the IT service provider Citeq, a subsidiary of the city of Münster. Server problem in data center Citizens in numerous other cities who wanted to call their city results on the evening of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia also looked into the tube.The reason was a technical error in the municipal data center in Niederrhein (Krzn).At least there it wasn't a hacker attack, said the spokesman for the data center of the German Press Agency (dpa). The technical error passed until around 8 p.m.He was then dissolved by switching to another server.More than 36 cities in the districts of Viersen, Wesel and Kleve and the city of Bocholt were affected, explained the spokesman for the data center.Also cities in the Ruhr area such as Herne and Herten. More news: The problem had no effect on the election count, and there was no delays.There is an internal network that was not affected and that the municipalities used for it. The city of Herne was temporarily affected by the disorder in the municipal data center in Niederrhein, said a city spokesman.It took a long time to call the results pages on the city's website until the disorder was remedied.(with dpa)