Election in Schleswig-Holstein live: CDU party before the result - pub crawl with the SPD

Created: 05/07/2022, 20:06

By: Andreas Schmid

Good mood during the election campaign: Daniel Günther (right) and Thomas Losse-Müller (SPD).

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Schleswig-Holstein elects a new state parliament.

Before the election, the parties rely on prominent support - and a party mood.

All information in the news ticker.

Kiel – Shortly before the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein, the political prominence in the far north became apparent.

While leading traffic light deputies are courting voters, the CDU seems pretty sure of winning the election.

Schleswig-Holstein election 2022 live: Günther's CDU clearly ahead in the polls

For CDU leader Friedrich Merz, it was not up north on Friday, but in the Ruhr area.

The party chairman campaigned in Dortmund for support for NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst.

A few days before the Schleswig-Holstein election, the CDU already has an eye on the NRW election a week later.

In polls they are neck and neck with the SPD.

In Schleswig-Holstein, on the other hand, they are clearly in the lead.

The last polls before the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein saw the Christian Democrats at 36 to 38 percent.

They are followed by the SPD and the Greens with around 18 percent, with the Social Democrats seeming closer to the 20 mark than the eco-party.

Before the election, the FDP is just under ten percent, the AfD just over five.

The Left Party will most likely miss entering the Kiel state parliament, it only gets three percent.

The Danish minority party Südschleswigscher Wahlerverband is exempt from the five percent hurdle.

State election Schleswig Holstein 2022 live: Scholz, Lindner and Habeck there - pub crawl with CDU and SPD

Unlike the CDU, the remaining parties rely on prominent secured in the last days of the election campaign.

In addition to party leaders Saskia Esken and Lars Klingbeil, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also campaigning for the SPD in Kiel.

The FDP shows up in Flensburg and Neumünster with party leader Christian Lindner.

The top candidates of the Greens, Monika Heinold and Aminata Touré, asked Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck to support them in Neumünster.

Olaf Scholz on Friday in Kiel.

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And the top candidates from the CDU and SPD?

Prime Minister Daniel Günther became a night owl on Friday.

At 10 p.m. in Kiel, a young voter party started with him.

SPD man Thomas Losse-Müller promoted himself and his party on the weekend from 7 a.m. in Eckernförde by distributing flyers.

In the constituency there, he and Günther also compete against each other as direct candidates.

Losse-Müller has also scheduled a pub crawl until 10 p.m.

Party atmosphere before the ballot.

In this news ticker we keep you up to date on all developments relating to the Schleswig-Holstein election.