Social Democrats win Hamburg election | Luxembourg word

Mayor Peter Tschentscher's Social Democrats (SPD) clearly won the regional election in the northern German state of Hamburg according to forecasts by ARD and ZDF despite losses. At second place there is a close race between the Greens and Christian Democrats (CDU) according to the ZDF 6pm figures, and at ARD the Christian Democrats are two percentage points ahead of the Greens. This is followed by the left and right -wing populist alternative for Germany (AfD).

The liberal FDP and the Left Populist Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), which in Hamburg competed for the first time at the state level, are likely to make it into the parliament. According to the forecasts, the SPD slips to 33.5 to 34.5 percent (2020: 39.2 percent). The Greens with the top candidate and second mayor Katharina Fegebank come to 17.5 to 20 percent and thus also lose their record result of 2020 (24.2 percent).

AfD below ten percent

The CDU of top candidate Dennis Thering, on the other hand, can increase significantly after its historical low five years ago (11.2 percent) and is now 19.5 to 20 percent. The left increases to 11.5 percent (2020: 9.1 percent). The AfD improves to 7 to 8.5 percent (2020: 5.3 percent), but is not even half as strong in Hamburg as at federal level.

The FDP fails again at the five percent hurdle. According to ARD, it comes to 2.3 percent (2020: 4.97 percent). The BSW therefore does not make it into the citizens at 2.1 – the ZDF did not show both parties separately in the forecast. Both broadcasters see the VOLT Europa Party at 3 percent and therefore also not in parliament (2020: 1.3 percent).

Permanent winner SPD

Around 1.3 million voters were invited to decide on the composition of the regional parliament – the citizens – and thus the political balance of power in Germany's second largest city in Berlin. All citizens aged 16 and over were entitled to vote. Hamburg is considered a social democratic stronghold. In the 76 years since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded, the SPD, which is considered to be economically friendly there, has provided the city head for more than 60 years.

In the Bundestag election last Sunday, the SPD crashed from 25.7 to 16.4 percent and is only the third strongest party behind the Christian Democrats and the AfD. It was by far the worst result of the oldest party in Germany in a federal election.