Merz’s CDU falls to 4.9% in German state election
The AfD won 22 of the state’s 36 constituencies, against 14 for the SPD, the returning officer’s figures show.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU took 4.9% of the party-list vote in the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, provisional results published by the state returning officer show.
The AfD took 38.2% of the second votes, which are cast for party lists, ahead of the SPD on 35.5%, in the election held on 20 September.
It is the first time the CDU has failed to enter a state parliament, according to ZDF.
Merz called the result a “disaster” on election night but vowed to stay in office.
What changed since 2021
The SPD won the 2021 state election with 39.6% of the party-list vote, ahead of the AfD on 16.7% and the CDU on 13.3%, according to the returning officer’s final result for that election.
The figures show the CDU’s vote share fell by 8.4 percentage points and the SPD’s by 4.1 points since 2021, while the AfD’s rose by 21.5 points; turnout rose by 7.3 percentage points to 78.1%.
Elsewhere on the list vote, Die Linke won 6.5% and the Greens 5.7%, while the BSW took 4.8% and the FDP 1.0%.
In the 36 constituencies, AfD candidates won 22 direct mandates and SPD candidates 14.
The CDU’s share of the constituency vote was 6.2%, compared with 39.5% for the AfD and 37.4% for the SPD; turnout was 1,024,251 of the 1,311,294 eligible voters.
Berlin also voted
Berlin also held a state election on 20 September, with a provisional result showing Die Linke winning 25.7% of the party-list vote, ahead of the CDU on 18.8%, according to Berlin’s returning officer.
The AfD took 16.3% of the vote there, ahead of the Greens on 14.3%, the SPD on 12.1% and the BSW on 4.7%.
The provisional result does not yet show how seats in the new state parliament will be shared out.
