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- In state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, incumbent Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) and incumbent Malu Dreyer (SPD) prevail.
- The CDU has suffered more losses compared to 2016 and is falling in both countries to the worst result in their history.
The Greens are growing significantly in the Palatinate. - Due to the large number of voters by mail, significantly fewer people turned out to the polling station.
In Baden-württemberg According to preliminary results, the Greens surrounding Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann have won the state elections by a wide margin. The Greens came in at 32.6 percent, the CDU at 24.1 percent, the Social Democrats at 11 percent, the FDP at 10.5 percent, and the AfD at 9.7 percent.
The election winner, Kretschmann, announced that he would speak to all parties except the AfD about possible alliances. He went on to say that not only the crisis of the crown now requires creativity, prudence and determination. It is also important to limit climate change, master structural changes in the economy, and defend liberal democracy.
In Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer’s SPD clearly won the state elections. According to the preliminary result on the website of the regional scrutineer, he received 35.7 percent of the votes. The CDU lagged far behind with 27.7 percent. They were followed by the Greens with 9.3 percent, AfD with 8.3 percent, FDP with 5.5 percent and Free Voters with 5.4 percent. Dreyer told ZDF that a continuation of the traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP would be his first choice. Dreyer has led the stoplight coalition for the past five years.
CDU does it wrong
The general secretary of the CDU, Paul Ziemiak, justified the poor performance of his party with the situation in the countries and the issue of the Union masks. There were no mood swings in either country; in the crisis, people trusted the heads of government.
High percentage of postal voters
In state elections, significantly fewer people than normal cast their vote at polling stations. Instead, there was an unusually high number of absentee votes.
They were the first state elections in Germany since the pandemic began a year ago. A new regional parliament will be elected in Saxony-Anhalt in early June, and then on September 26 in Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia. They take place at the same time as the general elections.
The Union is in the lead at the national level, but weak
Merkel, who has ruled since November 2005, wants to retire from active politics after four terms. The Christian Democrats want to decide on the chancellor candidacy after Easter (April 4) and by Pentecost (May 23) at the latest.
In national polls, the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, remain by far the strongest force. However, it recently lost points in national polls.
