Germany: exit polls, in Hamburg election Spd wins with 33.5 percent

Milan, Mar. 2 (LaPresse) – In Hamburg's state elections held today, according to exit polls released after polling stations closed at 6 p.m., the Social Democratic Spd party won, getting 33.5 percent of the vote. In second place is the Cdu at 19.5 percent and in third place the Greens at 17.5 percent. They are followed by the left-wing Die Linke at 11.5 percent and the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party at 8.5 percent. These state elections come a week after the Feb. 23 federal vote, which saw the victory of the Cdu-Csu, the advance of the ultra-right AfD and the collapse of the Spd. The Hanseatic city, despite being the second smallest federal state, has more than 1.9 million inhabitants, more than the rural state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. So far it has been governed by an alliance of Spd and Greens. Although the Spd and Greens would continue to have a majority, the two parties have declined since the 2020 elections: the Spd loses 5.7 points and the Greens 6.7 percent. Gaining ground, on the other hand, were: the HDU, up 8.3 points; the ultra-right AfD, up 3.2 points; and Die Linke, up 2.4 points. The Fdp liberals stop at 2.3 percent, losing 2.7 points.