Now this is the one light in the shadow from my view point. The four left-leaning parties [including the Danish minority party] prevented a CDU+FDP majority.

Oh, and the Left Party made it into the fourth non-city-state West German regional parliament -- four more remain. (Oh, and on the other side, the Greens made it in another East German state in Brandenburg -- some Reunification.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

ARD 21:40:

Party	%	+-
CDU	31.5%	-8.7
SPD	25.4%	-13.3
FDP	15.1%	+8.5
Greens	12.1%	+5.9
Left Party	6.0%	+5.2
SSW (Danish minority)	4.4%	+0.8

ZDF 21:21:

Party	%	+-
CDU	31.4%	-8.8
SPD	25.7%	-13.0
FDP	14.9%	+8.3
Greens	12.1%	+5.9
Left Party	6.3%	+5.5
SSW (Danish minority)	4.0%	+0.4

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}