Four days before the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a poll puts the SPD of Minister-President Manuela Schwesig just behind the leading AfD. According to the survey by the Insa institute, published on Wednesday for the Bild newspaper, the Social Democrats receive 35 percent. The AfD of Minister-President candidate Leif-Erik Holm is two percentage points higher, at 37 percent, putting it in first place.
The governing Left comes third with 10 percent, followed by the CDU with 7 percent and the Greens with 5 percent. The FDP is not listed separately and would therefore leave the Schwerin state parliament. The BSW would also fail to enter parliament, with 3 percent. Mathematically, a coalition of the SPD, the Left Party and the Greens would have a majority. The survey was conducted among 1,000 eligible voters in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from Tuesday of last week to Tuesday.
The state parliament will be elected on Sunday at the same time as Berlin's House of Representatives. The SPD won the September 2021 election with 39.6 percent, ahead of the AfD with 16.7 percent, the CDU with 13.3 percent and the Left with 9.9 percent. The Greens and FDP also entered the state parliament, receiving 6.3 percent and 5.8 percent respectively. The BSW did not contest the election at that time. Schwerin is currently governed by a coalition of the SPD and the Left Party.
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