Saarland election live: Preliminary result here!
SPD gets absolute majority - three parties fail
Created: 2022-03-28 04:51
By: Patrick Freiwah, Andreas Schmid
The Saarland has voted: the SPD celebrates, while the CDU disappoints.
Three parties fail at the five percent hurdle.
All information in the news ticker.
The state elections in Saarland.* will take place on Sunday (March 27, 2022).
Tobias Hans* (CDU), acting Prime Minister, is challenged by SPD candidate Anke Rehlinger.*
(see first report).
The SPD decides the Saarland election clearly for itself.
The CDU disappoints and probably also draws personal consequences
(see update from March 27, 6:42 p.m.)
.
The left is experiencing a debacle, the FDP and the Greens are also failing.
In the
news ticker for the Saarland election 2022
you will find all information and current developments.
Update from March 27, 10:36 p.m
.: There are also numbers for the turnout.
61.4 percent of those entitled to vote cast their votes.
In the 2017 Saarland election it was 69.7 percent.
For comparison: in the 2021 federal election, turnout was 76.6 percent.
Update from March 27, 10 p.m.:
The preliminary result for the state election in Saarland is available (
see update from 9:18 p.m.
).
It is planned that the state election committee will announce the final election result on April 6th.
State elections in Saarland: Preliminary result - SPD gets an absolute majority, trio fails
Update from March 27, 9:30 p.m
.: According to the preliminary result of the Saarland election, the Greens are missing 23 votes.
Of the total of 452,411 valid votes cast, 22,598 and thus 4.99502 percent went to the Greens, as the state election authority announced in the evening.
In order to get over the five percent hurdle, however, the party would have needed 22,621 votes - exactly 23 more.
However, the election committee pointed out that there could still be "deviations" before the official final result - in this respect, with a lot of luck the Greens could still get into the state parliament, which they had not been a member of for the last five years Sunday evening 1003 votes.
The Liberals received 21,618 votes, equivalent to 4.8 percent.
Update from March 27, 9:18 p.m
.: The preliminary result of the Saarland election is here.
It's bitter, especially for the Greens.
The Greens reach 4.99502 percent.
The FDP and the Left also miss it.
The AfD is there for this.
The CDU slipped to 28.5 percent and thus achieved its historically worst result in Saarland.
The SPD gets the absolute majority with 43.5 percent.
According to current data, only three parties will enter the state parliament in Saarland*:
State elections in Saarland: The result by age group - SPD at 60+ with 50 percent
Update from March 27, 9:13 p.m .:
After their landslide victory, the SPD is the strongest force in all age groups.
However, the popularity is particularly high among the over-60s.
According to the research group Wahlen, 50 percent of this age group voted for the Social Democrats.
The CDU comes up in this group
But the SPD also scores with young people.
The Chancellor's Party achieved 35 percent of the under-30s.
The CDU comes to 19 percent, the Greens and FDP achieve their relatively best result in this group with twelve and nine percent respectively.
The age distribution of the AfD and Linke is comparatively balanced, with the AfD doing significantly better for men than for women.
Interesting: If only women had voted, three parties would not be in the state parliament.
AfD (4 percent), Left and FDP (3 each).
If only men voted, only the Left Party would be below the five percent hurdle.
Update from March 27, 8:52 p.m .:
Hardly any movement in the projections.
The results of the Saarland state elections seem to be emerging.
According to ZDF figures from the Wahlen research group at 8:49 p.m., the FDP failed at the five percent hurdle (4.9).
The Greens come to 5.0 percent and would thus move into the state parliament.
Saarland election: Hans announces his decision to resign on Monday
Update from March 27, 8:34 p.m .:
The current projections illustrate the huge SPD victory – including an absolute majority.
26 of the total of 51 seats are required for this: According to the projections before the official results of the Saarland election, 26 to 27 seats were allocated to the SPD.
For the first time since the SPD victory in the Hamburg elections in 2015, a party could govern in a federal state with an absolute majority of seats.
Update from March 27, 8:19 p.m .:
CDU top candidate Tobias Hans wants to draw personal conclusions after the defeat in the Saarland election
(see update from 6:42 p.m.)
.
On Monday there should be a decision about his resignation from the CDU state presidency, said Hans in Saarbrücken.
"It was an honor to have served this country."
Losers and winners: The top candidates in the Saarland state elections, Tobias Hans (CDU, l) and Anke Rehlinger (SPD).
© Torsten Silz/ZDF/dpa
State elections in Saarland: Next projections - FDP failed?
Greens continue to slide
Update from March 27, 8:10 p.m .:
Is that the end for the FDP?
The pollsters from ARD and ZDF saw the party on Sunday evening around two hours after the polling stations closed at only 4.9 percent - and thus failed again at the five percent hurdle.
In the last election in 2017, the Liberals got 3.3 percent, and the FDP was not represented in the state parliament in the previous election period either.
The Greens also have to tremble at the moment
(see previous update)
.
The Greens and the FDP were not represented in the Saar state parliament in the past election period either.
Another failure would expand the absolute majority of seats for the election winner SPD.
Update from March 27, 8:02 p.m
.: New numbers are published almost every 30 minutes for the state elections in Saarland.
The Greens are gradually going down.
According to ARD figures from just before 8 p.m., the Greens now only reach 5.0 percent.
According to the ARD extrapolation, the FDP comes to 4.9 percent.
Will both parties miss entering the Saarbrücken state parliament?
Recently they were not represented.
Update from March 27, 7:49 p.m
.: SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert does not rule out another grand coalition for Saarland, but the CDU itself must question whether a government mandate has been passed on by the voters.
You can find all the important information about forming a coalition after the state elections in Saarland in our coalition ticker.
State elections in Saarland: In addition to the FDP, the Greens also have to tremble
Update from March 27, 7:35 p.m .:
ARD and ZDF published new projections.
According to ARD data, the Greens are going further down.
According to figures from 7:31 p.m., the eco-party achieved 5.1 percent.
In the meantime, it had traded at 5.8 percent.
The FDP must tremble even more.
The ARD sees the Free Democrats with 5.0 percent in the state parliament, the ZDF reports 4.9 percent.
This would mean that the FDP would not reach the 5 percent hurdle.
Greens and FDP did not make it into the state parliament in the last Saarland election.
Update from March 27, 7.30 p.m
.: The future Saarland Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger (SPD) wants to form a government quickly.
“We live in very turbulent and difficult times.
That's why I would like to invite you to exploratory talks in the coming week, if it is necessary and necessary." Possible coalition partners are not only the FDP and the Greens, she explained on Sunday evening after her party's election victory.
"Potentially everything is possible, even a new edition of the grand coalition."
That is why one must now see how the possible coalition partners presented themselves.
“Such elections occasionally do something with a party.
That's why we will have to wait and the talks will then bring the results."
Update from March 27, 7:19 p.m .:
The voters in Saarland have prepared their Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) a fate that has not happened to any state head of government for five years: they voted him out.
This ends a long series of 13 state elections in which the incumbent head of government was confirmed in office.
The last state election that brought about a change of power took place on May 14, 2017 in North Rhine-Westphalia: Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft lost the majority there and her SPD ended up in the opposition.
In the years that followed, the governing country heads were able to use their official bonus - Hans was not able to do this on Sunday.
The official result of the Saarland election is still pending, but the projections cannot please the Christian Democrats either.
Saarland election: New extrapolation!
Absolute majority for SPD - hanging game to FDP
Update from March 27, 7:08 p.m .:
The SPD with its top candidate Anke Rehlinger almost won the absolute majority in the state elections in Saarland according to the projections of ARD and ZDF.
According to the ARD numbers at 7 p.m., the SPD got 26 of the 51 seats in the state parliament in Saarbrücken, according to the ZDF numbers even 28. The difference results from the fact that according to the ZDF projections, the FDP with 4.9 percent did not get into the state parliament comes, according to the ARD numbers with 5.0 percent is inside.
Update from March 27, 7 p.m
.: Even in the current projections for the state election in Saarland, the FDP has to tremble about entering the state parliament.
On ZDF, the Free Democrats get 4.9 percent, on ARD 5.0 (that would be enough).
Furthermore, the previous picture is solidified: SPD triumphant, CDU disappointing with double-digit losses.
AfD and Greens in the state parliament, left out after 2.5 percent embarrassment.
Extrapolation 7 p.m | CDU | SPD | left | AfD | Green | FDP | Other |
Research Group Elections (ZDF) | 28.0% | 43.2% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 10.5% |
infratest dimap (ARD) | 28.1% | 43.4% | 2.6% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.0% | 10.0% |
Update from March 27, 6:51 p.m
.: Voter turnout in the Saarland election fell slightly.
ZDF gave you 63.0 percent.
In 2017 it was 69.7 percent.
Saarland election: "Bitter defeat" for the CDU - Hans talks about "personal consequences"
Update from March 27, 6:42 p.m .:
The CDU is experiencing a debacle in Saarland.
The incumbent Prime Minister Tobias Hans wants to “draw personal consequences” after the election defeat.
He said so in his election statement.
After 23 years, the Christian Democrats lose the office of prime minister.
Hans spoke of a "bitter defeat".
The CDU had to cope with a “severe setback”.
"And I also accept responsibility for this defeat." The CDU was not able to put the important issues in the foreground.
"That's why it's also a reason for me to take responsibility." And Friedrich Merz?
What role does the new CDU boss play in the poor performance of the Christian Democrats*?
Tobias Hans (CDU), former Prime Minister of Saarland.
© Fabian Sommer/dpa
State elections in Saarland: the first projection is here!
SPD wins hands down
Update from March 27, 6:28 p.m
.: The first projection for the state election in Saarland is here – and the picture remains similar to that of the 6 p.m. forecast.
Means: The SPD is the clear winner of the elections, while the CDU is clearly slipping.
AfD and Greens seem to be able to get into the state parliament, while the FDP is getting extremely tight.
After an embarrassing result, the left says goodbye to the Saarbrücken state parliament with a crash
Update from March 27, 6:18 p.m
.: "The Saarland has chosen red", SPD top candidate Anke Rehlinger begins her speech to the Saar-SPD.
The previous deputy head of government will be the first Saarland SPD prime minister since 1999.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz SPD with Anke Rehlinger before the Saarland elections in 2022 © Frank Ossenbrink/Imago
State elections in Saarland: SPD landslide victory – does Rehlinger even govern alone?
Update from March 27, 6:14 p.m
.: Based on the first figures, a coalition led by the SPD with both the CDU and the Greens would have a majority in Saarland.
It could also be enough for a social-liberal government or a traffic light coalition like in Berlin if the FDP makes it into the state parliament.
On the other hand, even an absolute majority for the SPD would not be ruled out if several smaller parties failed at the five percent hurdle.
Update from March 27, 6:07 p.m
.: In the new state parliament, the SPD may have an absolute majority of the seats, according to the forecasts of the institutes Infratest dimap and research group elections.
The SPD therefore accounted for 26 to 28 seats.
The CDU would get 16 to 17 seats.
AfD and Greens could each count on three seats.
New Prime Minister in Saarland: Anke Rehlinger.
© Harald Tittel/dpa-Pool/dpa
Saarland election: SPD jubilation, CDU clapping, left disaster, FDP trembling
Update from March 27, 6:04 p.m
.: The CDU reached a historic low in Saarland.
Are the Christian Democrats even slipping out of government?
After their landslide victory, the SPD could possibly even govern alone.
Update from March 27, 6 p.m
.: The 6 p.m. forecast for the Saarland election is here.
According to the figures from the Wahlen research group, the SPD is clearly the strongest force - and comes to 43 to 44 percent.
The CDU achieved 27.5 percent - and thus lost more than 13 percentage points compared to the last Saarland election.
The extrapolation for the remaining parties is exciting.
The AfD will probably remain in the state parliament, while the Greens will probably move into the same.
The FDP must tremble extremely, while the left threatens to experience a real debacle.
This is a first prognosis, not a result.
6 p.m. forecast | CDU | SPD | left | AfD | Green | FDP | Other |
Research Group Elections (ZDF) | 44% 27.5% | 44% | 5.5% 2.5% | 5.5% | 6% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
infratest dimap (ARD) | 43% 27.5% | 43% | 5.5% 2.7% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5% | 10.8% |
Update from March 27, 5:55 p.m .:
In five minutes there will be the 6 p.m. forecast for the Saarland election.
Update from March 27, 5:46 p.m
.: For four parties it is by no means certain that they will move into the state parliament in Saarland.
The SPD and CDU are clearly ahead of the quartet.
In the duel between the two current governing parties, the SPD was clearly ahead in the polls.
In a quarter of an hour there will be the first extrapolation before the results.
Update from March 27, 5:36 p.m
.: SPD and Greens are currently not represented in the state parliament.
You failed at the last Saarland election at the five percent hurdle.
Now they have to worry as much as the AfD and the left.
The FDP seems to have slightly better chances, especially since the Saar Greens have recently been confronted with more negative headlines.*
State elections in Saarland: AfD in polls before re-entry - left must tremble
Update from March 27, 5:28 p.m
.: The AfD, in turn, could just about make it back.
However, she has to compete without a state list because a list that had already been submitted was withdrawn shortly before the deadline, apparently without the knowledge of the state party leadership.
The party is now dependent on the constituency lists of the three constituencies.
Update from March 27, 5:15 p.m .:
The left could also miss the five percent hurdle.
The recently largest opposition faction in the state parliament is threatened with disaster after internal disputes.
In the polls before the election, the Left Party was only four percent.
The official results of the state elections in Saarland are expected shortly after 6 p.m.
State elections in Saarland: 17 parties compete - including a new alliance Bunt.Saar
Update from March 27, 5:08 p.m
.: One of the 17 parties is the Bunt.Saar alliance – a voter association that has only existed for a good half a year.
It is considered a split from the Saar Greens.
There is also a reference to the left in the alliance.
In polls before the election, Bunt.Saar got three percent.
But they will probably miss the five percent hurdle.
Update from March 27, 4:45 p.m .:
In the state elections in Saarland, a total of 17 parties and groups of voters will have 51 seats in the Saarbrücken parliament.
The first forecasts are expected when the polling stations close at 6 p.m.
State elections in Saarland: Voter turnout initially low
Update from March 27, 4:16 p.m
.: Fewer votes have been cast in the state elections in Saarland than in the election five years ago.
By 2 p.m., voter turnout without postal voters was 28.5 percent
(see update at 3:38 p.m.)
.
According to a spokeswoman for the state election authority, this does not mean that the turnout will be lower than expected.
An increased number of postal voters is expected;
these are not included in the voter turnout on Sunday afternoon.
Results are expected after 6 p.m.
Update from March 27, 3:45 p.m .:
The state elections in Saarland are also of great importance at the federal level.
Political Berlin looks to the federal state in the west, because the election is considered a mood gauge for the traffic light coalition.
The polls in Saarland see the SPD clearly ahead - Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party could be happy about that.
Recent polls saw the SPD at around 40 percent.
For the CDU, on the other hand, it could be bitter: The party hoped for Friedrich Merz as a new driving force.
But the polls see the Christian Democrats around 30 percent.
The CDU had already lost in the federal elections in the Saar.
Maybe Merz can't change anything about it.
At the end of the day, a state election also has its own peculiarities and peculiarities.
Update from March 27, 3:38 p.m.:
The turnout in the state elections in Saarland was still quite low until 2 p.m. – a good quarter of the more than 750,000 eligible voters had cast their votes in a polling station.
Without postal voters, the turnout was 28.5 percent, as the state returning officer averaged.
The data was based on a random survey of 49 polling districts.
How many voters, also because of Corona, but voted by letter, cannot yet be said.
State elections in Saarland 2022: who will be the strongest force?
All information in the news ticker
First report:
Saarbrücken – This year there will be four state elections in Germany.
The polls will kick off in the federal state of Saarland, which is small in terms of area.
The region is traditionally characterized by a high degree of industrialization and has an above-average infrastructure.
Another feature of the Saarland, which is the smallest of the German federal states in terms of area (apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg): Due to its proximity to France and Luxembourg, the federal state has the highest cross-border mobility of employees in the European Union.
Election poster for the elections in Saarland with the prime minister candidates of the main parties CDU and SPD.
© IMAGO/Becker Bredel
State elections in Saarland 2022 every five years - voting takes place in three constituencies
The local state elections are held every five years.
A total of 51 MPs are elected to the Saarland state parliament via constituency and state lists.
Each voter has one vote in the polls.
The three list constituencies are the constituencies of Saarbrücken, Saarlouis and Neunkirchen.
In order to enter the Saarland state parliament, the parties must each overcome a hurdle of five percent.
Current surveys and forecasts show who could do this now - in the last survey, the CDU continued to slide, the SPD, on the other hand, is soaring.
After 2017, a new state government will be elected in Saarland.
Our news ticker provides background information and current developments.
What will be exciting in the Saarland election in 2022 - and who has to tremble.
State elections in Saarland 2022: All information at Merkur.de
We provide you with all the important news about the Saarland election throughout the day.
You can also find out everything about the election results and when the first projections can be expected.
We have illustrated all the results of the constituencies and municipalities in diagrams and maps.
Furthermore,
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