Merkel’s own Christian Democrats won the biggest share of the vote, with 34.5 percent, while the Free Democratic Party, with just 1.5 percent, missed the five percent hurdle for a state parliamentary seat, the poll for public TV showed.
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ANGELA MERKEL
Merkel ally suffers massive state defeat
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition ally suffered a huge defeat Sunday when voters in western Saarland state kicked the party out of the regional assembly, according to exit polls.
Published: 25 March 2012 18:32 CEST
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