How many percentages went to the polls in Germany

Periskopi

24 September 2017, 18:30(9 years ago)

The Germans were mobilised today for legislative elections, which, apart from the unexpected, are expected to give Angela Merkel a fourth mandate, but also score and advance with unpredictable consequences to the nationalist right. The conservative director voted shortly before the local hour 1500 (13:00 GMT) accompanied by her husband, Joachim Sauer, after doing in [...]

The conservative director voted shortly before the local hour 1500 (13:00 GMT) accompanied by her husband, Joachim Sauer, after making his way from her apartment in downtown Berlin. About 61.5 million electors distributed in 299 electoral areas will vote by local hour 1600 (16:00 GMT) to elect their deputies, according to a voting system uniting major and proportional principles.

Attendance at 2: 00 a.m., the only national evaluation during the day, was 41.1 percent, almost stable in proportion to 41.4 percent in 2013. In 2013, 71.5 percent of voters attended the polls.

Since the outcome of the vote, polls will provide a clear indication to future Bundestag winners. The head of the SPD Social Democrats, former European Parliament President Martin Schulz, voted in the morning. But he was found to be left behind by the conservative camp. Angela Merkel's CSU with 34-36 percent against 21-22 percent for SPD.