EP elections 2014 - Results Thread

[Franzl]

Not as bad as Austria could have been, certainly.

[Franzl]

All things considered, strong SPD result.

[Franzl]

Counting pretty quick here and if the Frankfurt trends would translate to national results - but I guess they don't; there are a few relevant local factors after all - then the SPD should have a much better night, and the CDU a far worse, than what the exit polls show. As in, with a third of the city in the SPD is leading... and it's not that the Greens and Left are doing that badly, either. That shouldn't translate to that much of a CDU-CSU national lead, really.)

Just for hilarity, here's my precinct
turnout 383 voters or 30.3% (plus postal voters that is) of which one invalid
SPD 107 votes, Greens 84, CDU 75, Left 47, AfD 21, FDP 18, Pirates 14, PARTEI 10.

I'm one of the ten, dithered between that and Pirate. ZDF now says they may make it into the European Parliament. (Because noone can manage to spend the kind of money the EP pays its MPs in the long run, the PARTEI has nominated 60 candidates all promising to resign after a month. Gotta love national PR with no threshold. We'll get many, many joke MEPs from Germany this year.)

Lewis

[Franzl]

Counting pretty quick here and if the Frankfurt trends would translate to national results - but I guess they don't; there are a few relevant local factors after all - then the SPD should have a much better night, and the CDU a far worse, than what the exit polls show. As in, with a third of the city in the SPD is leading... and it's not that the Greens and Left are doing that badly, either. That shouldn't translate to that much of a CDU-CSU national lead, really.)

Just for hilarity, here's my precinct
turnout 383 voters or 30.3% (plus postal voters that is) of which one invalid
SPD 107 votes, Greens 84, CDU 75, Left 47, AfD 21, FDP 18, Pirates 14, PARTEI 10.

I'm one of the ten, dithered between that and Pirate. ZDF now says they may make it into the European Parliament. (Because noone can manage to spend the kind of money the EP pays its MPs in the long run, the PARTEI has nominated 60 candidates all promising to resign after a month. Gotta love national PR with no threshold. We'll get many, many joke MEPs from Germany this year.)

NPD is apparently winning a seat too.

Would have been shocking if they hadn't. Under 0.5% would be phenomenal.

[Franzl]

I can announce you that the far right in France will perform much more than expected...

Just speculation? (hopefully?)

[Franzl]

Poor FDP. My first love has finally bitten the dust.

They should be celebrating. First time they'll have won seats to something in ages!

[Franzl]

Poor FDP. My first love has finally bitten the dust.

They should be celebrating. First time they'll have won seats to something in ages!

And 5 years from now they'll be fighting with the ÖDP for the last seat.

They'll probably lose a close fight with "Die Partei" for the last one, actually...

[Franzl]

Fascist motherinksers at 25% in France.

Thank Goodness that this torch has passed us.

We are not the laughing stock of the EU this time ...

It's not exactly a laughing matter either way. It's disgusting.

[Franzl]

By the way: What the  happened in Bavaria?

At 5.0 nationally....that'd put the CSU well under 40?

[Franzl]

Why are no American users posting here ?

We always post in their elections, so why not return the favour ?

Probably because, if they've heard of the countries we're talking about, they certainly don't know any of the parties.

[Franzl]

One man, two votes: Giovanni di Lorenzo, editor-in-chief of the German newspaper DIE ZEIT announced yesterday that he voted twice. As a dual citizen of Germany and Italy he cast his ballots for both countries.

That's cheating! I didn't vote in France...

He's being investigated for it.

[Franzl]

FPÖ voters: 62% Yes, 34% No, 4% Undecided

Only 62%?

I guess it's possible to hate immigrants without opposing the EU. A bit odd, though.