The Social Democrats have won the state's regional election for the first time in over 20 years, gaining 43.5% of the vote. They won an absolute majority in the state parliament.
Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD)— the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz — were declared the winners with an absolute majority in Sunday's election in the western state of Saarland by German media.
The SPD won 43.5% of the vote, beating the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at 28.5%, according to the state electoral board. The CDU has held power in the state continuously since 1999.
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