Merkel's Party on course to win state vote
germany: An exit poll indicates that Chancellor Angela Merkel's
conservatives and their allies are set to win a closely watched state
election. That would give them a strong start to a national election
year.
The ARD television exit poll Sunday gives Merkel's Christian
Democratic Union 37.5 percent of the vote in western Hesse state. They
should be able to form a center-right coalition with the pro-business
Free Democrats, on 16 percent.
The exit poll shows a heavy defeat - just 23.5 percent of the vote -
for Germany's main center-left party, the Social Democrats.
Merkel will seek a second term in office in the Sept. 27 national
election.
Berlin,Wednesday, AP |
