ZDF 18:42 CET: CDU 36.3% (-12.5) SPD 37.1% (+8.0) FDP 9.1% (+1.2) Greens 8.0% (-3.1) Leftists 4.9%
ARD/HR 18:45 CET: CDU 36.0% (-12.8) SPD 37.2% (+8.1) FDP 9.3% (+1.4) Greens 8.0% (-2.1) Leftists 4.9%
Turnout: predicted at 64.5% (-0.1) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
CDU 36.5% (-12.3), 42 seats SPD 37.0% (+7.9), 42 seats FDP 9.4% (+1.5), 11 seats Greens 7.7% (-3.4), 9 seats Leftists 5.0%, 6 seats *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
ARD/HR 18:45 CET: CDU 36.2% (-12.6), 41 seats SPD 37.1% (+8.0), 43 seats FDP 9.4% (+1.5), 11 seats Greens 7.8% (-2.3), 9 seats Leftists 5.0%, 6 seats *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Now official end results from the districts stream in. The large swings are across the board, in all election districts. Mini-parties: hardcore far-right party NPD got 1.5% in one district, but below 1% on average; the Pirates get a few tenths of a percent everywhere.
At ARD, you can watch Ypsilanti's victory speech from around 19h. She speaks a lovely Hessisch, lots of "Isch"-es and so on. Greatest cheers: when she declares that the success of this campaign will have results at federal level. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Arte News now has a slick young French anchor, and the tone has moved right. This evening he didn't look too pleased, and opened on the CDU victory in Lower Saxony without mentioning that it was the incumbent who won without surprise (it was as if Wulff had pulled off a real feat). He reported Hessen, but barely mentioned the defeat of Koch. Arte used to be more "neutral".
But, fuck! ZDF's last projection, from 22:51, has CDU ahead by 36.8% to 36.7%... While ARD has them dead-even at 36.7%. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
