German Election Results Thread

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm just surprised that out of all of Germany, the FDP has no areas that they have a concentration enough that they win direct seats.

They almost certainly could if they tried. Seats where the CDU is in first and the FDP is in second would easily vote FDP if the FDP made an effort. But doing so would only hurt the CDU-FDP coalition as it would mean fewer CDU overhang seats with no increase in seats for the FDP. There's just no reason for smaller parties to seek local seats at all.

Of course, if the percentage change were to somehow be the same for 2013 as this time, the FDP would be the second largest party.

How did Vera Lengsfield do?  Did the voters agree that she had more to offer?

How much would the results change if the 5% threshold were applied at the State level instead of the Federal level?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Vera Lengsfeld got 11.6%. The worst result in Germany for the CDU.

Did she ever have a chance in her constituency, or did making a clean breast of things with her campaign poster hurt her chances?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Vera Lengsfeld got 11.6%. The worst result in Germany for the CDU.

Did she ever have a chance in her constituency, or did making a clean breast of things with her campaign poster hurt her chances?

Her constituency was the only one won by a Green in the first vote (direct member election). From what I can tell it may be one of the, if not the, most liberal district in all of Germany. So she never really had a chance.

It's probably one of the most left-wing districts in all of Europe.

The coverage I had seen on her didn't mention anything about her electoral chances or the composition of her constituency, which is why I asked.