How the seats in the German state parliament are formed after today’s elections
The Social Democratic Party (SPD), despite the losses, maintains its “castle”, the Lower Saxony, winning today’s state election. The Greens and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerge strengthened, while the big losers of the evening are the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP).
According to the latest official count, as broadcast by Germany’s second TV channel ZDF, the SPD, led by the current prime minister Stefan Weil, gathers 33.2% (-3.7 since 2017), while the CDU follows with 28% (-5.6). The Greens are in third place with 14% (+5.3), while the AfD recorded a corresponding increase in its percentages with 11.7% (+5.5). The FDP is fighting to secure its entry into the local parliament, as it is at the 5% mark (-2.5). The Left remains outside parliament in these elections as well, with 2.7% (-1.9).
According to the estimates of the first channel of the German public television ARD, SPD and Greens collect 69 of the 135 seats in the parliament and it is most likely that they will form a coalition government. Mr Weil, who has been co-governing with the CDU since 2017, had already said before the election that this would be his preferred scenario.
The General Secretary of the SPD spoke of a “clear victory”. Kevin Kuehnert, while the leader of the Greens, Omid Nuripour, spoke of a “mandate to govern”. “It’s not a good result for us, but we want a stable government for Lower Saxony. It would be good for the same coalition to continue,” CDU General Secretary Mario Chaia said. FDP leader Christian Lindner spoke of a “sad night” and attributed his party’s decline to participation in the federal government. “For many of our supporters, this coalition is something foreign. We are certainly paying a price for our political profile because some people no longer recognize the FDP as a liberal force of the center and consider us to be a left-wing party as well,” said Mr. Lindner, who, however, dismissed the possibility of the FDP leaving the governing party. coalition. “I took an oath. I have my liberal beliefs, our liberal program. But we are also aware of our responsibility for this country and its people,” he stressed.
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