The Thuringian AFD country chief did not get a direct mandate in the state election: Björn Höcke received in his constituency Eichsfeld I after counting almost all constituencies about 21 percent of the first votes - and thus came in second place. The majority of votes got with almost 49 percent of the CDU candidate Thadäus king.
In the state elections, the AfD reached on Sunday 23.4 percent, making it the second strongest force. As recently as 2014, the party won 10.6 percent of the vote. However, since all parties had previously ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition with the AfD, they would not be able to form a government. Höcke is considered the spokesman of the folk-nationalist "wing" of the AfD (read all the news on the election in Thuringia in our news blog).
Also in the second votes landed the CDU in Höckes constituency, according to the statements, with a good 40 percent in first place. In second place was the AfD with about 22 percent, followed by the left with almost 18 percent.
Ramelow receives direct mandate back
Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow, however, has recaptured his direct mandate. He was after counting almost all electoral districts in his constituency Erfurt III with 42 percent of the votes far ahead. In second place came the CDU politician Dominik Kordon with 16.5 percent. Third place went to Marek Erfurth from the AfD with a good 14 percent.
State election Thuringia 2019
ARD | ZDF
Extrapolation ARD, 23.02 clock
Second vote result
Shares in percent
CDU
21.8
-11.7
The left
31
+2.8
SPD
8.2
-4.2
AFD
23.4
+12.8
green
5.2
-0.5
FDP
5
+2.5
other
5.4
-1.7
allocation of seats
Total: 90
Majority: 46 seats
29
8th
5
5
21
22
The Left (29)
SPD (8)
Green (5)
FDP (5)
CDU (21)
AfD (22)
Source: ARD / Infratest Dimap
Extrapolation ZDF, 10:39 pm
Second vote result
Shares in percent
CDU
21.8
-11.7
The left
31
+2.8
SPD
8.2
-4.2
AFD
23.5
+12.9
green
5.2
-0.5
FDP
5
+2.5
other
5.3
-1.8
allocation of seats
Total: 90
Majority: 46 seats
29
8th
5
5
21
22
The Left (29)
SPD (8)
Green (5)
FDP (5)
CDU (21)
AfD (22)
Source: ZDF / Research Group Elections
Results in detail
Ramelow had previously taken the direct mandate in the constituency. In the 2014 state election, however, he lost it to the CDU politician Marion Walsmann. Ramelow moved over the state list in Parliament, but put down his mandate after the election to prime minister.
The CDU has won most direct mandates in the state election in Thuringia. The Christian Democrats won on Sunday after counting almost all electoral districts a total of 21 of the 44 constituency mandates, on which the voters decided with the first vote. The Left Party and the AFD accounted for eleven direct mandates, according to statistics from the country's election director.
AfD politician brings direct mandate in Tiefensee constituency
The SPD top candidate in Thuringia, Wolfgang Tiefensee, got in the state election no direct mandate. He came after counting almost all electoral districts in his constituency Gera II with just over 15 percent of the first votes only in third place. First place went to the AfD candidate Wolfgang Lauerwald with almost 33 percent. With 29 percent came the left-politician Andreas Schubert in second place.
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The election evening in Thuringia: a bit of cheers and a lot of helplessnessTiefensee was drawn as the leading candidate of his party in the election. The Minister of Economic Affairs has so far no Landtag mandate. Among the second votes in his constituency, the results showed that the Left was ahead with 34 percent, followed by the AfD with just under 30 and the CDU with just under 15 percent. The SPD came with just under eight percent only in fourth place.