{
  "id": 8785747,
  "title": "State election in MV: Preliminary result: AfD wins in MV - debacle for the CDU",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/landtagswahl-in-mv-vorlaufiges-ergebnis-afd-siegt-in-mv-debakel-fur",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T22:33:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/landtagswahl-in-mv-vorlaeufiges-ergebnis-afd-siegt-in-mv-debakel-fuer-die-cdu/100255963.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The AfD has won the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 38.2% of the vote, according to official figures from the Landeswahlleitung. The SPD comes in second with 35.5%, followed by the Linke with 6.5% and the Greens with 5.7%, all of whom will enter the state parliament. The AfD will have 32 seats, the SPD 29, and the Linke and Greens 5 each, marking the first time the AfD will be the strongest faction in the state parliament. The CDU and BSW narrowly failed to enter the parliament, with 4.9% and 4.8% of the vote respectively.",
  "summary": "The AfD is gaining the most votes in the state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but it is not enough for a sole government. For the CDU, election day ends in a debacle.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}