According to surveys conducted by the public television stations ARD and ZDF, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) achieved a result of 31.1-31.3 percent (26.2 percent in 2019). The AfD came in second place and can get 29.5-29.8 percent of the votes (23.5 percent in 2019). The left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which was established at the beginning of the year, received 12.3-12.4 percent, followed by the center-right German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 11.9 percent (in 2019, it obtained 15.6 percent).
The Greens with 4.6 percent of the votes (they got 10.8 percent five years ago) and the Left (Die Linke) with 3-3.5 percent of the votes (they got 10.7 percent in 2019) fell below the five percent entrance threshold , as well as BVB/Free Voters. According to the ARD survey, the support of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) is below one percent. However, the latter parties can still enter the provincial legislature with mandates obtained in individual constituencies.
Voter turnout was around 74 percent (61.3 percent in 2019).
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, chairman of the SPD, expressed his satisfaction with the exit poll results. The chancellor said in New York that “the mood is good” in his party.
2024-09-22 17:33:28