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Article: Ruling parties defeated in northern German state
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- February 20, 2005
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Ruling parties defeated in northern German state
BERLIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Social Democratic-Green
coalition has lost their control in the northern German state of
Schleswig-Holstein in Sunday's local elections.
According to exit polls conducted by German TV chancel ARD, the
Social Democrats (SPD), won 38.5 percent of votes, down from 43.1
percent in 2000, while its main opposition party Christian Democratic
Union (CDU) increased its share of votes from 35.2 to 40.2 percent.
The Green Party won 6.3 percent and Free Democratic Party (FDP),
the traditional ...