State election survey: SPD is well ahead of CDU in Saarland

State election survey: SPD is well ahead of CDU in Saarland

Who will win the state elections in Saarland? According to a new survey, the Social Democrats would get 38 percent of the vote. With five percent, the left has to worry about their re-entry into the state parliament.

Almost six weeks before the state elections in Saarland, the SPD has significantly increased its lead over the CDU according to a survey.

If there were state elections next Sunday, the Social Democrats would get 38 percent of the votes. This emerges from the “Saarland trend” of the opinion research institute Infratest Dimap on behalf of the Saarländisches Rundfunk (SR). While the SPD gained 5 percentage points compared to the “Saarland trend” of November 2021, the CDU gained 1 point and now has 29 percent.

A new state parliament will be elected in Saarland on March 27th. The smallest state in Germany has been governed by a grand coalition led by the CDU since 2012. The CDU has been the Prime Minister in the state since 1999.

According to the published “Saarlandtrend”, the AfD comes in third place with eight percent of the votes (minus 1.0). The Greens and FDP each lost two percentage points compared to November, but could return to the state parliament with six percent of the vote each. For the FDP, this would be the first time since 2009, for the Greens since 2012. The left, on the other hand, would have to worry about their re-entry with five percent.

According to the survey, three coalitions would be possible with this election result: A grand coalition of CDU and Social Democrats led by the SPD, a so-called traffic light of SPD, Greens and FDP as well as red-red-green.

Source: Stern

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