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title: "The left-wing party Die Linke Emerges as Strongest Force with 25.7% Vote"
english_title: "Berlin Election 2026: The left-wing party  Die Linke Wins with 25.7% Vote"
publisher: "Truevision English News"
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published_at: "2026-09-22T06:09:00+05:30"
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# The left-wing party Die Linke Emerges as Strongest Force with 25.7% Vote

> **Lead Summary:** **Berlin:** Germany’s Die Linke has emerged as the strongest political force in the Berlin state election, securing 25.70 percent of the vote and marking a major advance for the left-wing party in the German capital. The Christian Democratic Union with 12.10 percent. The reported figures are in line with the results released by the Berlin election authorities.

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**Berlin:** Germany’s Die Linke has emerged as the strongest political force in the Berlin state election, securing 25.70 percent of the vote and marking a major advance for the left-wing party in the German capital. The Christian Democratic Union with 12.10 percent. The reported figures are in line with the results released by the Berlin election authorities.

The result marks the first time since German reunification in 1990 that Die Linke has emerged as the leading party in an election for Berlin’s House of Representatives. Die Linke, led by its top candidate Elif Eralp, will need support from coalition partners to form a government in the capital. German election coverage has also reported that a coalition involving Die Linke and other parties will be necessary to establish a governing majority.

> Eralp said the result represented a victory for “love and social justice” over what she described as the politics of hatred and racism.According to Die Linke’s position, the result reflects growing support for a popular left-wing alternative to the German government’s economic policies. The party has criticised what it describes as neoliberal capitalist economic reforms and policies that place the burden of economic difficulties on ordinary people and workers.

Die Linke leader Ines Schwerdtner said the election result demonstrated that the left is the strongest alternative for confronting the growth of the far right. She also called for Chancellor Friedrich Merz to resign following the election setback.

Merz acknowledged that the election results represented a major political setback but, according to the source, rejected calls for his resignation. He has said he would continue with his cost-cutting reforms. The source also states that Merz’s popularity has fallen sharply to 14 percent within 16 months of taking office. He is facing pressure over reforms involving reductions in welfare programmes and benefits, which critics describe as favouring corporate interests.

Meanwhile, in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD finished first with 38.2 percent of the vote. Merz’s CDU failed to cross the five-percent threshold required to secure seats in the state parliament, according to the reported election results.

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