Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern headed to the polls on Sunday, two weeks after the AfD recorded a significant victory in Saxony-Anhalt. The elections involved approximately 1.3 million eligible voters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and 2.49 million in Berlin, with the minimum voting age set at 16 in both states.
In Berlin, the Left Party secured a significant victory, finishing in first place with 25.3 percent of the vote. The CDU, which had previously held the mayoralty, saw its support drop by 9 percentage points to 19 percent, placing it in second. The results suggest the party will need to enter coalition negotiations with the Greens and the SPD, though it remains unclear if a governing majority is mathematically possible.
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the election results proved difficult for the CDU. While initial projections at 7:00 p.m. placed the party at 5.3 percent, subsequent counts indicated a decline. By 10:00 p.m., the ARD election trend placed the CDU at 4.9 percent, suggesting the party may fail to clear the threshold required to remain in the state parliament. The official final result is expected to be released overnight.
The AfD emerged as the strongest party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 37.3 percent of the vote, surpassing the SPD. The future of SPD Minister-President Manuela Schwesig remains uncertain, as her party, alongside the Left Party and the Greens, holds only a narrow potential majority.