European Union - CDU Records Most Votes in Rhineland-Palatinate's European Elections
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) garnered the most votes in Rhineland-Palatinate's European election, securing 29.5% of the votes. This marks a decrease of 1.8 percentage points from the previous election.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) came in at second place with 17.4%, a drop of 3.9 percentage points. Meanwhile, Alternative for Germany (AfD) hit the third spot with an impressive increase of 5.2 percentage points.
The Greens faced a major setback, plummeting to 9.6%, representing a loss of 7.1 percentage points.
The Free Democrats (FDP) saw a small increase in votes, topping at 6.1%, while the Free Voters gained 5.3%, a significant uptick of 2.4%. In total, 70.3% of the electorate turned out to vote.
Election results - Rhineland-Palatinate according to SWR's projections and calculations
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- The European elections saw significant shifts in party performance in Rhineland-Palatinate, with the CDU maintaining its dominance, despite a minor decrease in votes.
- As part of the coverage of the European elections, SWR, a German public broadcaster, projected the results, which showed the CDU in the lead.
- Extrapolating from the Rhineland-Palatinate results, one can anticipate the EU elections' overall trend might follow a similar pattern, with the CDU and AfD possibly gaining more influence.
- The EU, in particular, will be closely watching the German regional elections as they might indicate trends ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections.
- Infratest dimap, a renowned German polling institute, conducted surveys and projections for the European elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, similar to their analysis for the local elections in Mainz and beyond.
- The arrival of Sunday marks the day of the European elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, with key players like the CDU and AfD vying for votes, while parties like the SPD and Greens look to defend or regain their positions.
