Election in Schleswig-Holstein live: CDU party before the result – FDP general confident

Created: 05/08/2022, 12:32 p.m

By: Cindy Boden, Andreas Schmid

Schleswig-Holstein elects a new state parliament.

Before the election, the parties rely on prominent support.

Berlin is also looking north.

News ticker.

• A new state parliament will be elected in Schleswig-Holstein

  on Sunday (8 May)

  .

  According to polls, the CDU could triumph.

• Several

  top candidates

  have already cast their votes.

• The question remains: Will the

  Greens and FDP continue to govern with the

  CDU

  after the election

  ?

  The

  FDP general secretary expressed confidence

  - and makes it clear what is important for the liberals.

• This

  news ticker for the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein

  is continuously updated.

Update from May 8, 12:15 p.m .:

In the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein, fewer voters went to the polls on Sunday morning than five years ago.

By 11 a.m., an estimated 16.3 percent had cast their votes in the polling stations, as the state returning officer announced on his website.

However, nothing is written explicitly about postal voting.

At this point in 2017, 21.5 percent had cast their votes.

The turnout at the time was 64.2 percent.

Schleswig-Holstein state elections live: Günther, Heinold and Losse-Müller cast their votes

Update from May 8, 12:05 p.m .:

In the meantime, several top candidates have submitted their election documents for the election in Schleswig-Holstein.

Among them Prime Minister Daniel Günther.

The CDU politician is given a good chance of staying in office based on the poll numbers.

Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of Finance, Monika Heinold, the Green Party's top candidate, submitted her postal ballot papers to the Hebbel School in Kiel.

Daniel Günther (CDU), Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein and his party's top candidate, casting his ballot for the state elections in the polling station Stadtwerke Eckernförde © Christian Charisius/dpa

Update from May 8, 11:40 a.m.:

Thomas Losse-Müller, the SPD’s top candidate, cast his vote in the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein.

For this he appeared at the polling station at the Ahlefeld-Bistensee volunteer fire brigade.

However, his SPD is not at the top in polls.

The top candidate is the ex-head of the state chancellery, economist and banker, 49 years old and used to be with the Greens.

During the election campaign, Losse-Müller expressed hope for an alliance with the Greens and SSW or with the Greens and the FDP.

But the biggest deficit of the SPD's top candidate is probably his lack of awareness.

Thomas Losse-Müller, the SPD's top candidate in the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein, casts his ballot at the polling station in the Ahlefeld-Bistensee volunteer fire department.

© Marcus Brandt/dpa

State elections in Schleswig-Holstein live: FDP general confident

Update from May 8, 11:25 a.m .:

FDP Secretary General Bijan Djir-Sarai expressed confidence before the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia.

"These are two strong national associations that can campaign," he said in an interview with the AFP news agency.

"I am sure that we will be very satisfied with the results in Schleswig-Holstein and NRW."

The question of "which majorities will come about at the end of the day" will be exciting, said Djir-Sarai.

"It is important that the FDP remains in government in both countries," he emphasized.

In Schleswig-Holstein, according to the latest polls, the only question is "whether the CDU will govern with us or with the Greens".

Schleswig-Holstein state elections: defeat after SPD victories is imminent - Merz hopes for a tailwind

Update from May 8, 10:35 a.m .:

The result of the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein could be particularly important for the CDU and thus also for party leader Friedrich Merz.

Because after the lost election in Saarland, the CDU is hoping for a victory - and is looking north with excitement in view of the good poll numbers.

Also because the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, which are even more important, could be much tighter again next week.

That's why federal politicians are probably only looking at Kiel with one eye today - but the Christian Democrats will certainly not refrain from clearly celebrating their eventual victory.

Update from May 8, 9:30 a.m .:

The state elections in Schleswig-Holstein will probably break the SPD’s triumph after the federal elections and state elections in Saarland.

Because the CDU is clearly in the polls, the Social Democrats around top candidate Thomas Losse-Müller are fighting for second place. Prominent support can help - and Losse-Müller got it in the final sprint of the election campaign: from Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

On Sunday morning, the SPD Schleswig-Holstein posted a video with the two on Twitter.

Scholz makes a “very good suggestion” for the further government in the federal state: “Elect SPD and Thomas Losse-Müller, then it will work.” But the other parties will certainly see it differently.

Election in Schleswig-Holstein live: will the Jamaica coalition remain?

Update from May 8, 9:15 a.m .:

Various coalitions are conceivable after the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein.

The “Jamaica” coalition of CDU, Greens and FDP is currently the only one at state level in Germany.

In recent years, something has been achieved in the north that, as is well known, failed in the federal government.

But if the CDU wins as clearly as the polls show, it may not need two partners at all.

The exciting question for the Greens and the FDP will then be whether they will remain in government.

Günther was always satisfied with the current constellation.

But maybe he has a choice.

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

© Marcus Brandt/dpa

Update from May 8, 8:30 a.m.:

The state elections have started in Schleswig-Holstein, the polling stations have been open since 8 a.m.

A good 2.3 million people are entitled to vote.

The most recent polls saw Prime Minister Daniel Günther's CDU clearly ahead of the SPD and the Greens.

Günther wants to cast his vote in Eckernförde in the morning, SPD top candidate Thomas Losse-Müller in Bistensee and Finance Minister Monika Heinold as the top candidate of the Greens in Kiel.

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

First report:

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.

You can find out more about the results of the state election here.

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.

The forecasts and projections for the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein can be found in this ticker.

Olaf Scholz on Friday in Kiel.

© Axel Heimken/AFP

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.