The citizens of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania elected a new state parliament on Sunday.
The SPD around Manuela Schwesig wins big.
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In addition to the federal election *, the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania took place on September 26th.
According to the preliminary official final result, Schwesig's SPD was able to achieve a huge victory.
The CDU is
lagging
behind in third place
(see update from September 27th, 5.44 a.m.)
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There are several coalition
options
for the SPD country leader and Prime Minister Schwesig
(see update from September 26, 8:50 p.m.)
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This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from September 27, 5.44 a.m.:
In the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the SPD of Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig clearly prevailed against the political competition, according to the preliminary official final result.
The Social Democrats achieved 39.6 percent of the vote in the election on Sunday, while the AfD received 16.7 percent and the CDU 13.3 percent, as the election management announced on Monday night in Schwerin.
In initial reactions on election evening, Schwesig left all coalition options open.
According to the preliminary result, the left received 9.9 percent of the vote.
The Greens and FDP moved back into the Schwerin state parliament with 6.3 and 5.8 percent respectively - the Greens after five years and the FDP after ten years.
Compared to 2016, the SPD improved by nine percentage points.
The AfD dropped by around four points, the CDU with its top candidate Michael Sack slipped by around six points to a record low.
The left lost a good three points.
Of the 36 constituencies in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 34 went directly to the SPD, while the CDU and AfD were each able to book a direct mandate for themselves.
In 2016, the SPD acquired 26 constituencies directly, while there were seven for the CDU and three for the AfD.
The SPD has 34 seats in the new state parliament.
The second strongest force is the AfD with 14 seats, followed by the CDU with twelve seats.
The Left got nine seats, the Greens and FDP five each.
The turnout was 70.8 percent - after 61.6 percent in 2016.
A coalition of the SPD and CDU has ruled Schwerin since 2016, which would again have a comfortable majority.
An alliance between the SPD and the Left, which already existed in the northeast, and a coalition of the SPD, Greens and FDP would also be conceivable.
State elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania live: Schwesig with a clear victory - "catastrophe" for CDU
Update from September 26, 12:15 a.m.:
Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig's SPD has clearly won the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to an ARD extrapolation (11:26 p.m.), the Social Democrats achieved 40.0 percent of the vote on Sunday.
Compared to the state elections in 2016, they have grown significantly.
At that time, 30.6 percent of the electorate voted for the Social Democrats.
According to the ARD extrapolation, the CDU, with its state chairman Michael Sack as the top candidate, received 13.3 percent of the votes - in 2019 it still came to 19.0 percent.
The party remains behind the AfD, which comes to 16.8 percent.
This also lost it compared to the state elections in 2016.
At that time it came to 20.8 percent.
According to the extrapolation, the left comes to 9.9 percent, its historically worst result.
Both the FDP and the Greens manage to return to the Schwerin state parliament with 5.8 and 6.0 percent respectively.
Election results: the numbers at a glance
Forecast / extrapolation |
time |
CDU / CSU |
SPD |
Green |
FDP |
AfD |
left |
other |
Infratest Dimap / ARD |
6:04 p.m. |
14th |
37 |
7th |
6.5 |
18.5 |
10 |
7th |
Research group elections / ZDF |
6:04 p.m. |
14th |
39 |
6.5 |
6th |
17th |
10 |
7.5 |
Research group elections / ZDF |
7.47 p.m. |
14.2 |
38.2 |
5.9 |
6th |
17.8 |
9.9 |
8th |
Infratest Dimap / ARD |
7:56 p.m. |
14.3 |
38.3 |
6.7 |
6th |
18th |
9.7 |
7th |
Infratest Dimap / ARD |
8:58 p.m. \ t |
14th |
39.2 |
6.1 |
5.8 |
17.3 |
9.4 |
8.2 |
Research Group Elections (ZDF) \ t |
21 clock |
14.2 |
38.4 |
5.5 |
5.9 |
18.1 |
9.7 |
8.2 |
Research Group Elections (ZDF) \ t |
21.42 |
13.9 |
38.8 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
18.1 |
9.5 |
8.4 |
Infratest Dimap (ARD) \ t |
22.01 |
13.3 |
39.7 |
6.3 |
5.7 |
17.1 |
9.7 |
8.1 |
Infratest Dimap (ARD) \ t |
22.24 |
16.8 |
40.1 |
6.4 |
5.7 |
16.8 |
9.9 |
8.1 |
Infratest Dimap (ARD) \ t |
23.26 |
13.3 |
40 |
6th |
5.8 |
16.8 |
9.9 |
Update from September 26th, 11:15 p.m.:
Due to the furious victory of the SPD in the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig has several coalition
options
for her next government. The 47-year-old can continue the alliance with the punished CDU or rule with the also plucked left. With the re-entry of the FDP and the Greens into the state parliament in Schwerin, a traffic light coalition would also be possible. On the evening of the election, Schwesig did not want to commit himself. "We are now waiting for the final results and then see who can form stable majorities," said the SPD politician on ZDF.
Three things are decisive for a government: stable majorities, then social democratic issues such as a strong economy, good work, social cohesion and the environment and, thirdly, the reliability of the partner. According to Schwesig, the party committees will meet on Monday evening "and then we will see who we will have talks with". She is “of course very happy with the SPD here in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. We have clearly achieved our election target. We are again the strongest force and have even really grown. "She is" very proud to be Prime Minister of the most beautiful federal state in Germany - and that I can stay that way now. "
Update from September 26, 11 p.m.:
In the new projections, the Social Democrats are expanding their leadership even further after the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to infratest dimap, Manuela Schwesig's SPD is 40.1 percent.
It is a clear victory for the previous Prime Minister.
She is facing her second term.
Update from September 26, 10:30 p.m.:
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the SPD of Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig won the state elections, according to projections.
According to the surveys for ARD and ZDF on Sunday evening, the party reached 38.8 to 39.2 percent and thus once again significantly expanded its position as the strongest force in the state parliament.
In initial reactions, Schwesig initially left the coalition options open.
According to the projections, the AfD was again the second strongest force with 17.3 to 18.1 percent, but suffered losses compared to the 2016 election.
The CDU with top candidate Michael Sack slipped to 13.9 to 14 percent and thus achieved by far its worst result in a state election in the state since 1990.
The left came to 9.4 to 9.5 percent and lost slightly compared to 2016.
The Greens were in the projections at 5.6 to 6.1 percent, the FDP came to 5.7 to 5.8 percent.
Both of them would be able to return to the state parliament - five years ago they had failed because of the five percent hurdle.
According to ZDF, the turnout was 73 percent and thus significantly higher than in the previous election.
At that time it was 61.6 percent.
The SPD, with Prime Minister Schwesig, who had won 30.6 percent in the polls five years ago, increased by around eight to eight and a half percentage points, according to the projections. At the same time, the second and third placed parties, AfD and CDU, lost 20.8 percent and 19 percent respectively in 2016. As a result, the SPD expanded the gap to the AfD in second place from around ten to more than 20 percentage points.
Update from September 26, 8:50 p.m.:
The SPD around its Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig has clearly won the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania according to initial projections. The social democrat can thus continue to govern. The question of a coalition is exciting, according to the figures, there are several options on the table. It could continue with its previous partner, the CDU, or form a coalition with the left that has already been tried and tested in the country. A three-way alliance with the Greens and the FDP is also possible.
On the evening of the election, Schwesig left her preferences open. "We are now waiting for the final results and then see who can form stable majorities," she said on ZDF. She sees three prerequisites for a government: firstly, stable majorities, secondly, social democratic issues such as a strong economy, good work, social cohesion and the environment, and thirdly, the reliability of the partner. According to her, the party committees will meet on Monday evening “and then we will see who we will talk to”.
Update from September 26th, 7:57 pm:
According to an initial projection, the SPD has clearly won the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to the ZDF, the Social Democrats and their top candidate Manuela Schwesig achieved a significant increase compared to the previous state election in 2016. The previous coalition partner CDU, on the other hand, is facing a historically poor result, the AfD will be the second strongest force.
State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania live: Schwesig with landslide victory - "catastrophe" for CDU
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.
State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Schwesig before second term - several coalitions possible
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.
SPD Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig: State election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania parallel to the federal election
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, has described the outcome as a "catastrophe" 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.
© Jens Büttner / AFP
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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