Bremen election in the live ticker: turnout at 12 p.m. at 21.9 percent

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Stand Date: May 14, 2023.

This means that more people have cast their votes up to this point than in the last election in 2019. The first forecast of the result will be published at 6 p.m.

The top candidate of the Bürger in Wut (BIW) party in Bremen, Piet Leidreiter, has set a double-digit result in the state election as a goal. “Of course we would be satisfied with ten percent,” said the 58-year-old when voting in the Horn-Lehe district. “I went into the voting room very optimistic. The last poll was ten percent, and we’ll see tonight if we can do a bit more.”

Kristina Vogt hopes to be able to continue her work as a senator after the election. She and her party comrade had received a lot of encouragement as left-wing senators, she said after voting. In the last polls, the left was 11.3 percent.

The left-wing top candidate Kristina Vogt believes that the red-green-red alliance in Bremen should strengthen housing and local public transport if it continues.

The Bremen Senator for the Environment Maike Schaefer (Greens) hopes for a better result in the general election than predicted. “First of all, we fight to the last second,” said the 51-year-old Greens politician when voting on Sunday in Bremen-Vegesack. “The last forecast was 13 percent, we hope it will go up.” According to the pollsters, the Greens are between 12 and 13 percent, four years ago they reached 17.5 percent.

In the state of Bremen, voter turnout at 12 p.m. was higher than in 2019. 21.9 percent of those eligible to vote have cast their votes so far – in 2019 it was 20.2 percent at this point.

In the city of Bremen, 22.5 percent of the people voted by 12 noon today. In the 2019 election, it was 20.8 percent in the city of Bremen. In Bremerhaven, the turnout at 12 p.m. was 19.7 percent. At the time of the last election, 17.5 percent of Bremerhaven residents had cast their votes.

CDU top candidate Frank Imhoff continues to hope for a change in Bremen. “I simply believe that the people here in this country want a new start,” he said after voting in Bremen-Strom. “I think we can do it: we will be the strongest party.”

The CDU was already the strongest party after the 2019 general election. However, the Christian Democrats could not unite a coalition behind them and therefore could not provide the mayor.

The FDP top candidate Thore Schäck has “a very good gut feeling” on election day. The polls for the FDP in recent weeks and months have been stable, said the 38-year-old after voting in the Horn-Lehe district of Bremen. “We’re in pretty good shape.”

In the last election polls, the FDP was at six percent and would thus move back into the Bremen parliament. In 2019, the party had achieved 5.9 percent of the vote.

The polling stations in Bremen and Bremerhaven have been open since 8 a.m. this morning. Almost 463,000 people are allowed to re-elect the Bremen Parliament – ​​i.e. the state parliament – ​​as well as the local parliaments in Bremerhaven and Bremen. For 12 o’clock the election management has announced a first interim report in terms of voter turnout. In the 2019 election, turnout was 64.1 percent.

Bremen’s current mayor Andreas Bovenschulte from the SPD cast his vote in the Oberschule am Barkhof. He wants to continue to govern in Bremen after the election. “I think we have a good chance, unlike in 2019, of becoming the strongest political force again and getting a clear government mandate,” said Bovenschulte.

When the polling stations close at 6 p.m., Infratest-Dimap will publish the first forecast for the election result. The forecast is primarily based on surveys of voters as they leave the polling station. The first official extrapolation follows around 9:30 p.m. However, the full count of the election will take until Wednesday. Only then is the provisional final result expected.

In Bremen and Bremerhaven, almost 463,000 people are called to vote for the state parliament. Polling stations open at 8 a.m. They close at 6pm. In the 2019 state election, turnout was 64.1 percent.

Many people in Bremen and Bremerhaven applied for postal voting before today’s election Sunday. In Bremen it is one in four voters, in Bremerhaven one in seven. This means that more people have applied for postal voting than in the last election in 2019. However, this does not automatically mean that all people who have applied for postal voting actually hand in the letters.

This topic in the program:
Bremen Eins, News, May 14, 2023, 7 a.m