Germany. According to forecasts, the Social Democratic Party takes power in Saarland

This election was the first test of German sentiment from the fall elections to Bundestag.

According to ARD and ZDF election predictions, the SPD candidate you’re a rearing On Sunday, it achieved a result in the range of 43.1-43.8 percent. The CDU, led by regional premier Tobias Hans, had a historically weak result, scoring just 27.5 percent.

Rellinger’s result will give the SPD a 26-seat majority in the 51-seat parliament Saarland. In contrast, 27 percent. The CDU votes will translate to 17 seats.

The following parties found themselves on the threshold of the elections: the Alternative for Germany (5.5%), the Greens (5.7%), and the Free Democratic Party (5%). Left (Die Linke), gaining 2.6 percent. Voices, will not be represented in the national parliament in Saarbrücken.

As RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) confirms, Saarland may once again prove to be a harbinger of electoral trends before the upcoming electionsApproach other federal states: in May – in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia, and in October – in Lower Saxony.

“This was the case in the 2017 elections, when Saarland became the harbinger of a nationwide electoral trend,” the NDA notes.