State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania live: Schwesig with landslide victory - "catastrophe" for CDU

The citizens of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania elected a new state parliament on Sunday.

According to the first figures, the SPD around Manuela Schwesig wins by a huge margin.

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• In addition to the federal election *, the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is due on September 26th.

• According to the first figures, the SPD around Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig is by far in first place.

• According to the first forecast, Schwesig's SPD had a huge victory.

  The CDU is lagging behind in third place.

• This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from September 26th, 7:25 p.m.:

After the federal election, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig, certified the chancellor candidate of her party, Olaf Scholz, a strong election campaign.

“The SPD also in the federal government, in all of Germany, has grown strongly.

You yourself know better than I how the SPD has often been talked to death in Germany, ”Schwesig said on ZDF on Sunday evening.

“And I am very proud of Olaf Scholz.” He had a “strong election campaign”.

"Now we have to wait for the results, of course, and I am confident that in the end the SPD will also be able to have the lead in the federal government." Schwesig also praised the unity of the SPD in the election campaign.

She also described the vote as a leap of faith for Scholz.

Election results: the numbers at a glance

Forecast / extrapolation	time	CDU / CSU	SPD	Green	FDP	AfD	left	other
Infratest Dimap / ARD	04/18	14th	37	7th	6.5	18.5	10	7th
Research group elections / ZDF	04/18	14th	39	6.5	6th	17th	10

Update from September 26, 7.10 p.m.:

After the apparent clear election victory of the SPD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Prime Minister and top candidate Manuela Schwesig kept possible coalition options open.

The party committees would discuss on Monday evening and see "with whom we will hold talks," said Schwesig on Sunday.

First we have to wait for the final result.

Three points are important for the future formation of a government.

On the one hand, there must be “stable majorities”, the SPD must be able to advance its issues, and “there must be reliable partners,” said Schwesig, whose SPD currently governs with the CDU in Schwerin. Previously, Schwesig spoke at the SPD's election party in Schwerin of a "wonderful evening".

"I am pleased that there was a clear vote of the citizens for the SPD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania," said Schwesig happily.

She thanked "the people in our country".

She “often felt” the support of the citizens, in the corona pandemic and when she was diagnosed with cancer herself.

Update from September 26th, 7 pm:

Manuela Schwesig sends a clear message on Twitter: “This evening belongs to the women.

The women who, well over a hundred years before us, ensured that we had the right to vote and that we could stand for election.

Who are still fighting today to ensure that we are democratically involved. "

Update from September 26, 6:50 p.m.:

She is and remains Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Manuela Schwesig.

According to the first prognoses, the SPD will win big.

The country mistress gives up on Twitter.

"The happy end of a great election campaign #Wurstgulasch," she tweeted.

The happy end of a great election campaign 😎 #Wurstgulasch pic.twitter.com/Kjq6RHAPmQ

- Manuela Schwesig (@ManuelaSchwesig) September 26, 2021

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Live: SPD wins big, according to initial forecasts

Update from September 26th, 6:40 pm:

The CDU's top candidate for the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Michael Sack, described the outcome as "catastrophic" for his party according to the NDR's first forecast.

After that, the Union received 14 percent of the vote and thus fewer than ever before.

How to proceed will be clarified on Monday evening at a meeting of the state executive, said Sack on Sunday at the CDU election party in the orangery of Schwerin Castle.

Then the final results would be available.

He has a little hope that the numbers will get a little better.

Update from September 26th, 6.30 p.m.:

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) reacted enthusiastically to the overwhelming SPD victory in the state elections on Sunday, according to the first forecasts.

It will be a “wonderful evening for our country”, for the SPD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, she said.

Schwesig spoke of a “very clear citizen vote for the SPD”.

Election victory of the SPD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: CDU has the worst result since 1990

Update from September 26, 6:20 p.m.:

The SPD has clearly won the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to forecasts by ARD and ZDF, Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig's party came to 37 percent to 39 percent on Sunday and thus significantly expanded its position as the strongest force in the state parliament. The AfD was again the second largest party with 17 to 18.5 percent, but suffered losses.

According to forecasts, the CDU with its top candidate Michael Sack slipped to 14 percent and thus achieved its worst result in a state election since 1990. The left reached ten percent. The Greens were six and a half to seven percent in the surveys, the FDP six to six and a half. Both parties would thus succeed in re-entering the Schwerin state parliament. According to the ZDF forecast, the turnout was 73 percent.

The forecast of the institute Infratest dimap for the ARD saw the SPD at 37 percent.

The AFD was 18.5 percent, the CDU came to 14 percent.

The left got ten percent.

The Greens were seven percent, the FDP six and a half percent.

According to the results of the research group Elections for ZDF, the SPD achieved 39 percent and the AFD 17 percent.

The CDU, which had been 19 percent in the state elections five years ago, also came in at 14 percent.

Ten percent was determined for the left, six and a half percent for the Greens and six percent for the FDP.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania live: Schwesig with landslide victory before AfD - first numbers at a glance

Update from September 26, 6:05 p.m.:

Manuela Schwesig apparently remains Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The SPD clearly leads in the first forecasts with 37 percent.

According to the first figures, the incumbent Prime Minister Schwesig is the clear winner and is facing her second term in office.

The Greens and FDP would therefore manage to return to the state parliament in Schwerin.

The CDU is lagging behind in third place.

The previous coalition partner is facing its worst result in the northeast since reunification.

The AfD becomes the second strongest force.

Update from September 26, 6:01 p.m.:

The first forecasts for the outcome of the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are here!

Update from September 26th, 5:55 p.m.:

In a few minutes it will be time to close the polling stations.

Shortly afterwards, the first forecasts for the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are already available from 6 p.m.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the live ticker: SPD leads in polls by far

Update from September 26, 5.45 p.m.:

At 6 p.m., the forecast for the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will be published.

Who will sit in the Schwerin state parliament in the future?

It sounds almost certain that the SPD will continue to govern - but with whom will Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig form a coalition?

Update from September 26, 5:35 p.m.:

After 15 years in the coalition, the CDU had figured out a chance of winning the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

But the numbers spoke a completely different language in the course of the election campaign.

The Christian Democrats currently have around 15 percent.

Leading candidate Michael Sack has apparently already drawn conclusions from this - and has refrained from some major campaign appearances.

Update from September 26, 5:25 p.m.:

The polls see the SPD by far ahead of all other parties.

That could mean a landslide victory for the incumbent Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig.

She is standing for re-election for the first time.

The Social Democrats had completely focused their election campaign on Schwesig and promoted them with: “The woman for MV”.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: voter turnout at 32.5 percent - Schwesig before landslide victory?

Update from September 26, 5:15 p.m.:

In the double election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 32.5 percent of those eligible to vote in the polling stations have cast their vote on Sunday until 2 p.m.

This was announced by the regional returning officer Gudrun Beneicke.

In the 2017 federal election, the turnout was 37.3 percent until 2 p.m., and 32.8 percent in the 2016 state election.

The final turnout in these elections was 70.9 percent and 61.9 percent, respectively.

The turnout for the state elections was reportedly not listed separately at 2 p.m. because the deviations from the federal elections are only marginal.

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Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig casting her vote in a polling station in Schwerin.

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Update from September 26, 4:14 p.m.:

In addition to the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the focus today is of course on the federal elections.

You can read all information, results and developments in our live ticker for the 2021 federal election today.

Update from September 26, 3:08 p.m.:

Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig has meanwhile also cast her vote.

“We gave everything to the end,” said the 47-year-old after visiting the polling station in Schwerin.

The rest would now be in the hands of the citizens.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Schwesig before election victory - historic result possible

Update from September 26th, 11:19 am:

"For a strong economy, for good work with good wages, for social justice and for the protection of our environment and nature", Manuela Schwesig would like to stand up when she is re-elected Prime Minister.

The SPD politician said this in a video on Twitter on election day.

For Schwesig and the SPD, Sunday is also about being able to create something historical and achieve the best result in the history of the SPD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

For this, the Social Democrats would have to receive more than 40.6 percent, the previous record from 2002. According to the latest surveys, however, this seems to be possible.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: polling stations have opened - who rules in Schwerin?

Update from September 26, 8:20 a.m.:

The election campaign is over and the decision of who will rule Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for the next five years is now finally in the hands of the voters.

The polling stations have been open since 8 a.m.

In the last polls everything looked like a clear victory for Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig.

The first forecasts can be expected around 6 p.m.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Who will rule Schwerin for the next five years?

Original message from September 26th:

Schwerin - When the citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany elect a new Bundestag on Sunday, September 26th and thus also indirectly vote on a successor to Angela Merkel in the Chancellery, the residents of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have to cast their votes twice.

Then Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig will have to stand for election in her federal state for the first time in order to remain head of the state for five more years.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2021: incumbent Schwesig clearly ahead in surveys

The former family minister switched back to state politics in 2017 after the SPD Prime Minister Erwin Sellering had to resign due to cancer. For four years, Schwesig has been leading her party as the top candidate in the state elections in 2021 and, at least according to the latest polls, the 47-year-old has a good chance of securing the SPD's election victory in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

In the current polls, the Social Democrats receive around 40 percent of the vote.

That would correspond to a vote increase of around ten percentage points compared to the last election.

Schwesig can hardly be expected to win an election with these values.

It gets a lot more exciting if you take a look at the other parties.

Shortly before the election, the question of who will be the second strongest force in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania * remains largely open.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2021: FDP and Greens fear entry into the state parliament

AfD and Union have both lost votes in the polls compared to 2016 and could deliver a heartbeat final for the second most votes behind the SPD. It will also be exciting to see whether the FDP and the Greens will be able to return to the state parliament, which in the last legislative period consisted of only four parliamentary groups. In surveys, both parties are just above the five percent hurdle.

It will also be interesting to see what influence the election result has on a possible coalition.

A continuation of the red-black state government is arithmetically very high probability in the realm of the possible.

However, depending on how strong the SPD's increase in votes ultimately turns out, an alliance of the SPD and the left could also achieve a majority in the state parliament.

Then Manuela Schwesig would be spoiled for choice.

A traffic light coalition (SPD, FDP, Greens) and a red-red-green alliance could also be possible.

State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2021: All information in the news ticker

On election day, we will keep you up to date with the latest developments in this news ticker.

In our results article you also have an overview of the current projections.

More data and diagrams can be found here.

In addition to the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania *, the election to the House of Representatives in Berlin * and the federal election in 2021 * will take place on Sunday (September 26).

The latter also decides who will succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel after 16 years in office: Armin Laschet *, Olaf Scholz * or Annalena Baerbock *.

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