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1st LD: Exit polls show Merkel's CDU wins key German state election

Xinhua, May 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Exit polls showed on Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won the North Rhine-Westphalia state election.

CDU secured 34.4 percent of the vote, ahead of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) that garnered 30.6 percent, according to prognosis made by German local media ZDF and ARD. Endit