Top candidate and mayor of Hamburg Peter Tschentscher of the Social Democrats (SPD) casts his vote in the Hamburg state election in Hamburg, Germany, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) won most support in a vote in the northern city of Hamburg on Sunday and Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives came third in the first electoral test since her protegee gave up ambitions for the top job.
Exit polls for public broadcaster ZDF put the SPD at 38.0%, down about 7 points from 2015 but still the strongest party. The environmentalist Greens, with whom they currently rule the city, roughly doubled their support to 25.5%.
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