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| Anti-immigration AFD in 2nd place in German elections – exit poll | Anti-immigration AFD in 2nd place in German elections – exit poll |
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| According to state broadcaster ARD, the right-wing party is predicted to secure 19.5% of the vote, with the Christian-Democrats coming out on top with 29% | According to state broadcaster ARD, the right-wing party is predicted to secure 19.5% of the vote, with the Christian-Democrats coming out on top with 29% |
| The right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AFD) is projected to take second place in the country’s snap elections on Sunday, with 19.5% of the vote, an exit poll published by state broadcaster ARD indicates. The Christian-Democrat CDU/CSU party is predicted to emerge victorious with 29%, according to the broadcaster’s research. | The right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AFD) is projected to take second place in the country’s snap elections on Sunday, with 19.5% of the vote, an exit poll published by state broadcaster ARD indicates. The Christian-Democrat CDU/CSU party is predicted to emerge victorious with 29%, according to the broadcaster’s research. |
| Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social-Democratic Party is expected to secure 16% – if confirmed, its worst showing since 1949. According to Financial Times, the party is poised for “its worst defeat since 1887.” The SPD’s partners in the now defunct traffic-light coalition, the Greens, were backed by 13.5% of the voters and the Free Democratic Party by a mere 4.9%, according to ARD’s exit poll. The Left Party can presumably count on 8.5% of the vote, with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, which was created last January, debuting with 4.7%, the broadcaster reports. | Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social-Democratic Party is expected to secure 16% – if confirmed, its worst showing since 1949. According to Financial Times, the party is poised for “its worst defeat since 1887.” The SPD’s partners in the now defunct traffic-light coalition, the Greens, were backed by 13.5% of the voters and the Free Democratic Party by a mere 4.9%, according to ARD’s exit poll. The Left Party can presumably count on 8.5% of the vote, with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, which was created last January, debuting with 4.7%, the broadcaster reports. |
| Compared to the 2021 general elections, the AFD will apparently be the biggest winner, projected to improve its performance by 9.1%. The CDU has risen by 4.9%, according to the exit poll. By contrast, Scholz’s Social Democrats are presumably down by 9.7%, the Greens by 1.2%, with the FDP projected to bleed 6.5%. | |
| Surveys in recent months have consistently shown that the ruling traffic light coalition was not widely supported by the population. | |
| According to ARD, the AFD could get 145 out of 630 seats in the German parliament, with the CDU/CSU likely to claim 210. |