The Christian Democrats lose their seat in the Schwerin state parliament after a record low of 4.9 percent.
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The CDU received 4.9 percent of the vote in the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. This marks the party's worst result in the history of the Federal Republic.
Not wanting to believe is the first phase of grief after a serious loss. And the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania doesn't really want to admit what just happened.
After the election on Sunday it is clear: the CDU will no longer be represented in the next state parliament in Schwerin. 4.9 percent, it is the worst result for the Christian Democrats in the history of the Federal Republic. The party lost 32,000 votes to the AfD, 25,000 to the SPD, and 11,000 former voters died. In the future, entire areas of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will no longer be represented by a single CDU politician. Here of all places, in the political home of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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