3 state elections in Germany in September

[Filuwaúrdjan]

NPD at 9%? ickky...
Headline on BBCNews Homepage: "German far right makes poll gains".
It's one of the top three stories...

NPD 9,2% (Baaaaaaaaaaaaad)

I prefer: Scary

[Jens]

NPD at 9%? ickky...
Headline on BBCNews Homepage: "German far right makes poll gains".
It's one of the top three stories...

NPD 9,2% (Baaaaaaaaaaaaad)

I prefer: Scary

I agree. Don't really like this trend - right wing nationalist parties getting around 10 % of the votes (like UKIP or Danish People's Party.) Creepy

[Middle-aged Europe]

Preliminary election results:

Brandenburg (turnout: 56.6%)
SPD 31.9% / 33 seats
PDS 28.0% / 29 seats
CDU 19.4% / 20 seats
DVU 6.1% / 6 seats
Greens 3.6% / 0 seats
FDP 3.3% / 0 seats

It is expected that the SPD/CDU coalition will be continued, but we shouldn´t completely outrule the possibility of a SPD/PDS coalition, although this seems more or less unlikely at the moment.


Saxony (turnout: 59.6%)
CDU 41.1% / 55 seats
PDS 23.6% / 31 seats
SPD 9.8% / 13 seats
NPD 9.2% / 12 seats
FDP 5.9% / 7 seats
Greens 5.1% / 6 seats

At the moment, it is expected that the SPD will join a coalition with the CDU, because CDU + FDP would need exactly one additional seat to have a majority.

[CO-OWL]

Preliminary election results:

Saxony
CDU 41.1% / 55 seats
PDS 23.6% / 31 seats
SPD 9.8% / 13 seats
NPD 9.2% / 12 seats
FDP 5.9% / 7 seats
Greens 5.1% / 6 seats

At the moment, it is expected that the SPD will join a coalition with the CDU, because CDU + FDP would need exactly one additional seat to have a majority.

Interesting:
The CDU won 55 out of 60 districts. If they had only won 54  districts, CDU + FDP would have reached a majority! (54 + 7 = 61 out of 121 seats)
In this case the CDU would lose 1 extra ("Uberhang-") seat, and the PDS as well as the SPD 1 compensation ("Ausgleichs-")seat, thus reducing the total number of seats from 124 to 121.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Interesting:
The CDU won 55 out of 60 districts. If they had only won 54  districts, CDU + FDP would have reached a majority! (54 + 7 = 61 out of 121 seats)
In this case the CDU would lose 1 extra ("Uberhang-") seat, and the PDS as well as the SPD 1 compensation ("Ausgleichs-")seat, thus reducing the total number of seats from 124 to 121.

Yeah, I heard that too. We Germans with our funny electoral systems!

[Democratic Hawk]

If I were German I'd be inclined to the Social Democratic Party, but as Schroeder seems to be doing a bad job - I guess I could support the Christian Democrats - probably the only conservative party I know of, which my conscience would allow me to support.

Dave

[CO-OWL]

If I were German I'd be inclined to the Social Democratic Party, but as Schroeder seems to be doing a bad job - I guess I could support the Christian Democrats - probably the only conservative party I know of, which my conscience would allow me to support.

Dave

I guess, the Christian social wing of the CDU could be the right thing for you.

[willhsmit]

Resurrecting a dead thread... :-)

One month on, has the form of the new coalition in Saxony been determined? I couldn't find any news on this topic in English. Is the distribution of ministries among parties determined? Will a coalition have any effect on the balance in the federal Upper House?

[freek]

Resurrecting a dead thread... :-)

One month on, has the form of the new coalition in Saxony been determined? I couldn't find any news on this topic in English. Is the distribution of ministries among parties determined? Will a coalition have any effect on the balance in the federal Upper House?

CDU and SPD are still negotiating. Today the Landtag was for the first time in session after the elections.  When a CDU/SPD-government is formed (which is likely), then the CDU/FDP coalition still has a small majority in the Bundesrat.