Scholz’s SPD easily wins its first electoral test in a regional election

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It was the first electoral test for Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz since his election in September 2021.

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The German Social Democratic Party SPD clearly won an election in the Saar region on Sunday March 27 according to exit polls. It was the first electoral test since Olaf Scholz became chancellor.

The Chancellor’s party would win 43% of the vote, against 27.5% for the Christian Democrats of the CDU, at the head of this small region of western Germany for more than 20 years, according to an Infratest Dimap estimate. for the public channel ARD. The Social Democrats, at the head of the ruling coalition since the beginning of December, would thus gain more than 13 points compared to the previous election in 2017 in this Land, the smallest in Germany after the cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen.

The Conservatives, back in opposition after 16 years at the helm of the country, would lose 13 points compared to 2017 and would no longer be able to lead this region which they had controlled since 1999. This regional election is the first of a series of polls that will take place in 2022, including one in May in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous region.


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