Bavarian State Prime Minister and Christian Social Union (CSU) top candidate Markus Soeder takes part in an interview at a TV studio following the Bavarian state election in Munich, Germany, October 14, 2018. Lukas Barth-Tuttas/Pool via Reuters
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies suffered their worst election result since 1950 on Sunday, bleeding votes to the far-right and the ecologist Greens in a setback that raised tensions within Germany's crisis-prone national government.
The Christian Social Union (CSU) won 37.3 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed, losing its absolute majority for only the second time since 1962 - an outcome sure to stoke infighting in the conservative party, already a difficult partner for Merkel in Berlin.
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