# Merz’s CDU loses Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vote, election body says

https://mins.news/en/item/66596

- TASS, 2026-09-20 22:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2190359

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union won just 4.9% in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, missing the 5% threshold and failing to enter the regional parliament for the first time. The AfD led with 38.2%, followed by the SPD at 35.5%.

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