The Munich CSU has to accept a historic setback in the federal election.
The strongest force will probably be the Greens.
The SPD is recovering from its low.
The fight for the four direct mandates is exciting until the election evening.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday, the first results from the Munich electoral districts arrived. And already there two things were evident: The fight for the four direct mandates would, as expected, turn into an exciting final in the blink of an eye, and the CSU has to cope with a historical disaster. Even the second vote result of 30.0 percent in 2017 meant a low. After counting about half of the 926 Munich electoral districts, the CSU was 22.9 percent. Munich's CSU boss Georg Eisenreich doesn’t talk around the bush for long: “The Union led an election campaign full of mistakes and missed opportunities. There was a race to catch up that started too late, ”he said in a first reaction on Sunday. One remained below the possibilities. he still hopethat there will be a federal government led by the Union.
Munich: The strongest force in the state capital are now the Greens
The strongest force in the state capital are now the Greens.
They increase their share of the vote from 17.2 to around 24 to 25 percent.
The SPD is recovering from its low in the last federal election (16.2 percent) and came - as of Sunday 8:15 p.m. - to around 20 percent.
By then, the FDP's share of the vote has fallen slightly from 14.2 to around 13 percent.
The AfD and the Left have to accept clear losses, which in 2017 still came to 8.4 and 8.3 percent respectively.
After 50 percent of the counted electoral districts, the Left borrows just under five percent, the AfD around six percent.
The free voters play no role with about 2.5 percent.
In the east, the direct mandate is likely to go to Wolfgang Stefinger from the CSU.
At the SPD, which meets in Paulaner am Nockherberg, cheers break out according to the forecasts of ARD and ZDF. Some party supporters have SPD flags with them. The result is fantastic, there is even talk of a miracle - and the CSU has been washed away, they say. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter, who is not at the election party but at home, explains: “The government contract goes to Olaf Scholz. It is an outstanding evening for social democracy. “I am also glad that the AfD has lost nationwide, which is also a strong sign for Germany. With a Chancellor Scholz he has high hopes for all projects that have been blocked by the Union so far: "better tenant protection, social housing and investments in public transport." He was also glad that the AfD had lost nationwide,that is also a strong sign for Germany.
Bundestag election in Munich: exuberant mood among the Greens
There is also an exuberant mood among the Greens in the Muffatwerk, but more likely because of the victory in the parliamentary elections in Berlin.
The Green Bundestag member Dieter Janecek, direct candidate in the constituency West / Mitte, reacts rather cautiously: "We would have liked more, but wait and see," he says.
Country manager Claudia is combative.
The election result is a mandate to “take responsibility”.
Our external reporter describes the mood at the FDP in the Hofbräukeller as “sensational”, and we are talking about a historic election result. The state chairman and direct candidate in the north of Munich, Daniel Föst, is overjoyed: "We have achieved both election goals: again double-digit and no government without the participation of the FDP possible - if you disregard the masochistic self-experiment of the GroKo." Many citizens would have during the Corona crisis noticed: "It cannot stay the way it is." They will celebrate today, and from tomorrow work on how the FDP can get involved in government. CSU General Secretary Markus Blume, on the other hand, has to enjoy small successes from the Union's point of view: "The decisive factor is that there is obviously no majority in favor of a left-wing alliance." Eisenreich:“The Union waged an election campaign full of mistakes and missed opportunities. There was a race to catch up that started too late. Union has remained below its possibilities. I hope that there will still be a Union-led government. "
Munich: The times in which many protagonists in the district administration department followed the results are over
In the meantime, only a few politicians have appeared in the district administration department (KVR).
“It's pretty dead,” reports our correspondent.
The times when the first results were followed by many protagonists of Munich's local politics are over.
Michael Piazolo: The mood is good, we're watching the results, which are not so bad for us in Bavaria.
In terms of federal politics, we would of course have wished for more.
But it's difficult when everything is focused only on the big players. "Nicole Gohlke:" We did a very good and committed election campaign here in Munich.
It is very sobering that we are very far from our election campaign goal and that we have to tremble now.
We hope that we will somehow get through tonight - there is still a little party.
With the second votes in Munich 2017 both CSU (30.0 percent) and SPD (16.2 percent) sank to a historic low. The Greens came in the last federal election to 17.2 percent, the FDP to 14.2 percent .
AfD and Left ended up roughly on par with 8.4 and 8.3 percent, respectively.
Almost 500,000 citizens have applied for postal voting documents
A total of 65 direct candidates are running in the four electoral districts of the state capital: 18 in the northern electoral district, 17 each in the east and west / center, and 13 in the south.
With the second vote, 26 parties can be elected.
In the meantime, many Munich residents have already ticked the box.
Almost 500,000 (497,750) citizens have applied for postal voting documents, 365,000 have already sent them back by Thursday.
This should achieve an - almost unbelievable - rate of 65 to 70 percent of postal voters.
In 2017, this value was 42.6 percent, which was a record back then.
There are 463 ballot boxes and 463 postal voting districts in the city.
Eight election workers are deployed per polling station - they are open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. - a total of around 3700 throughout Munich.
The counting of all ballot papers will only begin after the polling stations have closed at 6 p.m.
According to the district administration department (KVR), the first trend reports on the Munich results can be expected around 7 p.m.
They are continuously updated on the Internet (www.wahlen-muenchen.de).
308 778 postal voter.
In the 2020 local elections, the proportion of postal voters was already 53.6 percent.
The voter turnout in 2017 was 78.5 percent (2013: 71.2 percent)
North: Loos (32.2), Post (26.0), Wagner (13.1).
East: Stefinger (36.8), Tausend (21.3), Bause (15.2).
South: Kuffer (33.0), Roloff (23.5), Heilrath (13.8).
West / center: Pilsinger (33.3), Goodwin (23.1), Janecek (16.3).
On www.wahlen-muenchen.de, the electoral office publishes hourly updates on voter turnout in the polling rooms from around 10.15 a.m. on Sunday.
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