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The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) won this Sunday clearly the regional elections in the city-state of Hamburg (northwest) and the Alternative right-wing for Germany could be left out of the regional parliament.

The vote projection broadcast by public television "ARD" at the close of the schools indicates that, despite some wear, the SPD retains one of its great feuds , with 37.5% (compared to 45.6% in 2015) .

In second place were Los Verdes, with 25.5%, doubling their support compared to five years ago; followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel, which obtained 11.5% of the ballots, its worst result in the city-state, which shows that the Thuringian crisis has taken its toll on formation.

Next, the Left (9.0%), the Liberal Party (FDP) (5%) and AfD (4.7%) were placed. The minimum to have parliamentary representation is 5%, so that the last two parties could be left out of the regional chamber.

According to these provisional data, although normally the finals are very similar, the current mayor, the social democrat Peter Tschentscher, who entered the position in March 2018, when his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, jumped into the Ministry of Finance, could revalidate the position and seek a minority partner to forge a stable majority, basically and except for surprises, with La Izquierda or Los Verdes.

These elections were the first appointment with the polls after a series of events that have shaken German politics and that, in the opinion of experts, may have influenced the vote.

The rupture of the sanitary cordon to the extreme right in Thuringia could punish the CDU and the FDP, the two parties that voted together with AfD to raise a liberal as head of the regional Executive, but who resigned a few days later for the pressure and critics.

The xenophobic attack of Hanau (center of the country) on Wednesday, in which a declared racist shot dead ten people, has also been able to harm AfD, who avoided at all times describing the facts as terrorism (even less ultra-right terrorism ).

Around 1.3 million people from 16 years old were called to the polls between 08.00 and 18.00 local time today. The Electoral Board said part-time that participation was being higher than in the last call and that abstention was expected to be around 40%.

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