The Greens and Socdems won the two Sunday provincial elections.

In the German state of Baden-Württemberg in the Greens, Rhineland-Palatinate, the Social Democrats (SPD) received the most votes in Sunday’s local legislative elections (Landtag), according to preliminary results announced for early Monday.

The Greens, who have led the former province as the largest ruling party since 2011, won 32.6 percent of the vote, up from 30.3 percent in the last 2016 elections. The SPD, which has ruled Rhineland-Palatinate since 2006 as the largest party in the current coalition, has received 35.7%, compared to 36.2% in 2016. Therefore, the two parties are expected to regain the opportunity to form a government in these two provinces.

Saskia Esken, co-chair of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD)

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One of the big issues in the elections was the participation of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which has been under pressure in recent days due to alleged abuses by members of the federal parliament (Bundestag). The center-right party, the number one force in federal politics, came back to second place in Baden-Württemberg after 2016, with a result of 24.1 percent. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the second largest faction of the Landtag can also reform, with 27.7 percent of the vote.

This is a significant drop of 27 percent in Baden-Württemberg in 2016 and 31.8 percent in Rhineland-Palatinate.

In Baden-Württemberg, after the Greens and the CDU, the far-right Alternative follows Germany (AfD) with a result of 9.7 percent, a weakening compared to 15.1 percent in 2016. The SPD in Baden-Württemberg it also received 11 percent of the vote, up from 12 percent five years ago. The Free Democratic Liberal Party (FDP) grew stronger, receiving 10.5 percent of the vote after 8.3 percent five years earlier.

In Rhineland-Palatinate, the Greens, the third-largest force after the SPD and the CDU, gained 9.3% after 5.3% in 2016. In fourth place, AfD finished with a result of 8.3 percent. , weakening from 12.6 percent in 2016. The FPD has reached 6.2 percent five years ago, now 5.5 percent. The Free Voters (FW) party also crossed the 5 percent entry threshold, gaining a 5.4 percent representation in the Mainz Landtag.

The Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, leader of the Greens, said in a statement after the first markers after the closing of the ballot box that he was not insisting on his previous coalition partner, the CDU, with whom he had worked. in a strained relationship.



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