At the CSU party conference, Markus Söder was confirmed in office with almost 88 percent of all votes. 600 party members voted for him. The result is surprisingly low compared to the last election.
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder was confirmed in his office as party leader by a large majority at the CSU party conference on Friday in Nuremberg. Söder was the only candidate to receive 600 of the 685 valid delegate votes. This meant that 87.6 percent were behind the party leader. A total of 694 votes were cast, nine votes were invalid.
Söder ended up just above the result of 87.4 percent in his first election in early 2019, but lagged behind the result in his re-election in October 2019 – at that time it was 91.3 percent. Söder, who accepted the election, had been officially proposed for re-election by the President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Ilse Aigner.
Söder optimistic: CDU could still miss the bottom of the survey
Söder had previously committed the delegates to a strenuous final spurt of the election campaign and emphasized the unity with the sister party CDU and Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU). He is sure that the Union will be able to close the gap in the survey on the SPD in the remaining two weeks before the election date.
Demonstratively, Söder stood behind Laschet, who is expected as a guest on Saturday at the CSU party conference in Nuremberg. Previously, given historically weak polls, there had been skeptical voices from the CSU about Laschet’s candidacy.
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