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Angela Merkel got her receipt from the electorate for her zig-zagging and turn-coating.
The voters in the heartland of German conservatism, namely the "role model state", called 'musterlaendle', Baden-Wuerttemberg, gave the death-blow for the current state ConLib government of Gov. Mappus (CDU) by giving 24.5 per cent and 23.5 per cent of the votes to the Eco-Greens and Social-Dems respectively, according to the first ZDF projection of 6 p.m., thereby confirming the Emnid poll of 03/25/2011.
The Social-Dems failed to come in second. A green-red coalition will probably be formed, the first ever with a green governor.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, the Social-Dems of Gov. Beck (SPD) lost their overall-majority. With only a slim margin of 0.5 pc, they are ahead of the conservative CDU with 36 to 35.5, the Greens coming in third with 15 per cent.
In Baden-Wuerttemberg, the liberal-democratic FDP has been within the margin of error for having seats in the Stuttgart State Assembly, the current percentage is 5.2 pc, too close to call.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, the FDP obviously failed to pass the 5 pc-hurdle for getting representatives.
The Leftists (former Communists of the former East German regional party PDS who formed a new party with a West German splinter party WASG) didn't reach the necessary quorum with 3 pc (BW) and 3.5 pc (RP), respectively.
Conclusion:
To maximize the blow to Merkel, the Social-Dems and Greens will probably join forces although other 'neutral' coalitions of Conservatives (CDU) and Social-Dems (SPD) are possible at present.
The score for Merkel after 4 elections: 0 wins - 3 losses - 1 draw.
By Mappus' defeat in BW, Merkel will be losing crucial six bloc-votes in the upper chamber of German parliament, the Bundesrat.
