Election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: AfD in the northeast slightly ahead of SPD - CDU only just in the state parliament
The AfD is narrowly ahead of the SPD on the Baltic coast and lake district. After the initial projections, the CDU is only just scraping into parliament and is anxiously waiting. Who will be able to govern in the end?
The SPD, led by Minister-President Manuela Schwesig, appears to have won the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but with 35.6-36.3% of the vote, it did not quite catch up to the AfD, which garnered 37.1-37.8%. The CDU suffered another significant loss, potentially only narrowly remaining in the state parliament with 5.1-5.4%.
Schwesig is likely to continue as Minister-President, but may need a third partner besides the Left party to form a government. The FDP failed to clear the 5% threshold and will not be represented in the state parliament.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
