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Top Green candidates fall well short of direct mandates in Saxony

The Green Party's top trio Franziska Schubert, Wolfram Günther and Katja Meier appeared at the election party in Dresden together with federal party chairwoman Ricarda Lang / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
The Green Party's top trio Franziska Schubert, Wolfram Günther and Katja Meier appeared at the election party in Dresden together with federal party chairwoman Ricarda Lang / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

The Greens contested the election with a three-party leadership. They were unable to assert themselves in their constituencies.

All three top Green candidates clearly missed out on direct mandates in their constituencies. Environment Minister Wolfram Günther won only 2.3 percent of the first votes for his party in the Central Saxony 3 constituency. He was therefore far behind the CDU candidate Thomas Schmidt, who won with 40.2 percent, and the AfD candidate Holger Zielinski (38.2 percent).

Justice Minister Katja Meier also had no chance in the Meißen 4 constituency. She achieved 4.1 percent. She was therefore well behind CDU candidate Sven Eppinger (35%) and AfD candidate René Hein (32.3%).

In the Görlitz 2 constituency, 3.4 percent voted for Green Party parliamentary group leader Franziska Schubert. There, Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU, 47.2 percent) prevailed against the direct candidate of the AfD, Sebastian Wippel (39.4 percent).

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