Preliminary final result: Scholz-SPD wins - Union collapses historically - debacle for leftists

According to the preliminary final result, the SPD will emerge victorious from the federal election.

The Union is falling to a record low.

Update from September 27th, 6:14 am

: The preliminary result of the federal election in 2021. According to

bundeswahlleiter.de

(as of 6 am)

, the votes are distributed

as follows:

• SPD

  : 25.7 percent

• CDU / CSU

  : 24.1 percent

• Greens

  : 14.8 percent

• FDP

  : 11.5 percent

• AfD

  : 10.3 percent

• The left

  : 4.9 percent

The SPD has 206 seats in the Bundestag, the CDU and CSU 151 and 45 respectively. The Greens have 118 seats, the FDP 92 and the AfD 83.

All constituencies counted: SPD wins the federal election, union crashed

Our first report from September 26th

: Berlin - The SPD won the federal election * according to the results of the counting of all constituencies. For the first time in several years it increased again and came to 25.7 percent, as was evident on Monday night on the website of the Federal Returning Officer. The CDU / CSU, on the other hand, fell after 16 years in government of Chancellor Angela Merkel with 24.1 percent to a record low. The Greens achieved the best result in their history with 14.8 percent and were the third strongest force. The FDP improved to 11.5 percent. The AfD slipped from third to fifth place with 10.3 percent. The left fell to 4.9 percent.

The turnout of 76.6 percent was the same as in the previous election (76.2).

On the evening of the election, not only SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, but also competitor Armin Laschet (CDU) * claimed the contract to form a government.

Both are striving for a coalition with the Greens and the FDP.

They obviously want to talk to each other first.

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Olaf Scholz, finance minister and SPD candidate for chancellor, stands after the election party in the Willy-Brandt-Haus with his wife Britta Ernst.

© Wolfgang Kumm / dpa

Result of the Bundestag election: All constituencies counted - Union crashed, SPD increases

Germany is now facing a difficult government formation.

The only possible two-party alliance would be a new grand coalition, which neither the SPD nor the Union want.

That is why there is likely to be a three-way alliance in the federal government for the first time since the 1950s.

Scholz sees a clear mandate for the SPD. Many voters made it clear that they wanted a “change in government” and that the next Chancellor should be Olaf Scholz *, he said. And with a view to the Union: some parties would have achieved growth - others not. “That is also a message.” It is considered likely that the previous Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister is striving for a traffic light alliance with the Greens and the FDP, as has been ruling in Rhineland-Palatinate since 2016.

But Laschet also wants to try, despite his defeat, to agree on a coalition with the Greens * and the FDP.

The CDU / CSU will do everything possible to form a government under their leadership, said the CDU leader.

"Germany now needs a future coalition that will modernize our country." CSU leader Markus Söder said: "We firmly believe in the idea of ​​a Jamaica alliance." if it does not become the strongest force.

Now he said: "We want to go into these talks together with the clear goal of defining the leadership mandate for the Union so that Armin Laschet will then become Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany."

Result of the Bundestag election: Heavy blow for the Union - CSU also crashes historically

Usually the strongest party invites to talk.

In the history of the Federal Republic of Germany there have also been cases in which the second-strongest party provided the chancellor.

Willy Brandt became chancellor of a social-liberal coalition in 1969, although the SPD only came in second.

It was the same with Helmut Schmidt in 1976 and 1980.

For the Union, the result at the end of the Merkel era is a heavy blow - also for Söder, who had fought a violent power struggle with Laschet for the candidacy for chancellor in April.

After counting all constituencies, the CSU falls to its worst result since 1949 in a federal election.

It only reached 31.7 percent in Bavaria (2017: 38.8), which corresponds to 5.2 percent nationwide.

(dpa / cibo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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