The SPD (Social Democratic Party) of Olaf Solz won the election in Brandenburgwith percentage 30,9% (+4.7 from 2019), leaving the far-right AfD in second place with 29,2% (+5,7).
The newly established “Zara Wagenknecht Alliance” (BSW) took third place with 13,5%while the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) came fourth with 12,1% (-3,5).
These four parties secure their entry into the local parliament.
The Greens with 4,1% (-6,7) and h Left with 3% (-7.7) they are left out of parliament, as are Liberals (FDP), which are even counted among the “other parties”.
“His party won, but Soltz lost”
Making a first assessment of the election result in Brandenburg, the German media they think that the SPD’s victory is credited to state premier Dietmar Voytke and causes temporary relief to Olaf Soltz.
“The chancellor’s party won, the chancellor lost”writes it Spiegelreferring to the fact that the social democrat (SPD) prime minister of the state Dietmar Voytke took on the pre-election campaign of MrsBy threatening to resign if the SPD did not finish first, he caused a polarization that ultimately went in his favor. At the same time, he had declared Chancellor Olaf Solz “undesirable” in his election campaign — even though the chancellor lives in the region.
OR Handelsblatt writes “with his victory Dietmar Wojtke stabilizes the chancellor”, noting that the election result in Brandenburg gives breathing room to Olaf Soltz. Voytke already stated that scholz should be his party’s candidate for chancellorship again. “His election campaign strategy of taking full risks and threatening to quit if he got behind the AfD was ultimately a total success. Therefore, the victory is above all an electoral victory for Vojtke,” writes the financial newspaper.
OR Daily Mirror points out that “The SPD is winning by a distance from the chancellor. “Voidke has everything that Olaf Scholz lacks,” she says in her commentary, with an eye on the Brandenburg prime minister’s great popularity.
“The elections reveal how contradictory the worlds are in Brandenburg,” writes the South German Administration referring to the economic and social prosperity experienced by the regions of the state that are close to Berlin, as opposed to the other regions, which are more affected by immigration.
OR Welt comments on the election result pointing out that “the SPD is far from saving itself, despite the victory”, while referring to the Greens, she speaks of “a high price for their ignorance on the issue of immigration”. For the CDU in particular, the newspaper speaks of a “historic victory instead of the ‘Mertz effect'” and predicts that the federal election will not be a sure success for the CDU under Friedrich Merz.
With the title “The many messages to Berlin” and the subtitle “Small elections, big impact”, the Frankfurter General Zeitung writes that “thanks to strong PM Vojtke, the chancellor is probably able to avoid an unpleasant debate, but the autumn of decisions is just beginning” for Berlin.
OR Bild he speaks of “a triumph for the SPD, but it is not a success for Olaf Scholz” and refers to the chancellor’s abstention from Dietmar Voytke’s election campaign, who did not want to be identified with the federal government and suffer its deterioration.
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