The preliminary election results in the two most important federal states of Hesse and Bavaria
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The Middle right German, who is in the opposition in Berlin, wins the regional elections and confirms himself in power Bavaria and in Hesse as generally expected.
The election polls point to a clear defeat for the coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberal Democrats supporting the central government led by the Chancellor Olaf Scholzand confirm unprecedented progress by the extreme right.
Around 9.4 million people are eligible to vote in Bavaria, and 4.3 million in neighboring Hesse, the region with the German financial metropolis of Frankfurt. Both states are led by the country’s largest opposition bloc: the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, which are only represented in Bavaria.
The elections in two important and wealthy federal states are seen as a barometer for the political mood throughout Germany. In total, they affected 20 percent of the German electorate.
The exit polls
According to election polls, the Christian Social Union, which has been in power in Bavaria since 1957, received 37 percent of the vote, enough for it to be admitted Markus Söder continue to govern in a coalition with the Free Voters.
In second place were the Greens (16%, -1.6 points) and only in fourth place was the regional center-right party “Free Voters” with 14% (+2.4). This is what the exit polls from the first German public broadcaster Ard predict.
The right-wing extremist AfD (Alliance for Germany) would have gained 4.8 points and reached 15%.
There is a similar picture in Hesse, where citizens approved the CDU led by Boris Rehin with 35 percent of the vote, a significant increase of 8.5 points compared to five years ago. The right-wing extremist AfD would have increased by 2.9 percentage points to 16.0 percent and was thus competing with the Social Democrats of the SPD (16.0 percent, -3.8 percent) for second place.
In Hesse, Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals hoped for the election of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, but the polls confirmed the unpopularity of the ruling traffic light coalition.
The extreme right is breaking through
The double-digit result is the best result ever for the AfD in a region of the former Federal Republic of Germany. With a lead of over 15 percent at the federal level, the AfD is the second strongest party at the federal level. However, it will not be decisive in the formation of regional governments, as the other parties refuse to cooperate