German Elections II

Constituency results coming in at the moment. While the overall pattern is much as expected, some of the details are strange.

German Elections

Exit polls show a majority (that is – of seats) for the CDU/CSU-FDP, the worst SPD result since 1932* and the worst CDU/CSU result since 1949.

*Or 1933. Depends if you count that election as legit – I don’t.

Babi Yar Hotel

David Cesarani is angry. And rightly so – it’s difficult to think of anything more crass, tasteless and offensive than the plans to build a hotel at Babi Yar (other than, say, “Treblinka – the Theme Park”… and such a thing is, thankfully, impossible). The really sad part is the way that it fits in with the general issue of minimising and ignoring what happend there. A certain poem and a certain symphony remain relevant:

Slate directors jailed for fraud

What a massive surprise.

Norwegian Elections II

The final results weren’t greatly different from the provisionals posted earlier – though Labour polled over 35% and SV overtook Centre (though not in terms of seats). Anyway. Some maps.

Norway

Norwegian Elections

Counting hasn’t finished yet, but the current estimate of results (or just results so far wi’ seat projections for those – I’m not entirely sure) seems to be:

Labour: 34.9% (+2.2), 64 seats (+3)

“Progress” Party: 22.8% (+0.7), 41 seats (+3)

Conservatives: 16.8% (+2.7), 30 seats (+7)

Centre Party: 6.7% (+0.2), 11 seats (-)

Socialist Left: 6.3% (-2.5), 11 seats (-4)

Christian Peoples Party: 5.8 (-1.0), 10 seats (-1)

“Left” Party: 4% (-1.9), 2 seats (-8)

Red Party: 1.4% (+0.2), 0 seats (0)

It is uncertain whether the liberal “Left” (Venstre) party will cross the thresehold or not.  If these results hold, then the incumbent coalition (Labour, Centre, Socialist Left) will be re-elected. About a third of votes left to count.

Some maps

Just because maps are pretty and elections are interesting:

Saarland State Election

Thuringia State Election

Saxony State Election

NRW Local Elections

Cologne City Council Election

Brooker on Murdoch II

Sort of like a pop-culture Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossaks. And he’s right as well.