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Line 1: The '''2018 Christian Democratic Union leadership election''' ~~will~~was ~~happen~~held in [[Hamburg]] on ~~7–8~~7 December 2018. This is after [[Angela Merkel]]'s decision in October 2018 not to stand for party leader at the 2018 party conference following the party's bad performance<ref>{{Cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/merkel-suffers-another-election-setback-key-german-state-of-hesse\|title=Merkel suffers another election setback in key German state of Hesse\|last=Blond\|first=Josie Le\|date=2018-10-29\|website=the Guardian\|language=en\|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref> in the [[Hessian state election, 2018\|2018 Hessian state election]] and low numbers in national polls.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/forsa.htm\|title=Sonntagsfrage – Forsa (Wahlumfragen zur Bundestagswahl)\|work=Wahlrecht.de\|access-date=2018-10-30\|language=de-DE}}</ref> On 29 October 2018, both the CDU's General Secretary [[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] and the Federal Minister of Health [[Jens Spahn]] announced their candidacy in the election. This was followed by Merkel's arch-rival [[Friedrich Merz]] announced his bid on 30 October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/angela-merkel-exit-plan-sparks-succession-battle-party-ranks\|title=Angela Merkel exit plan sparks succession battle in party ranks\|last=Henley\|first=Jon\|date=2018-10-30\|website=the Guardian\|language=en\|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref><ref name="ntv">''[https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Wer-loest-Merkel-ab-article20694913.html Wer löst Merkel ab?]'', n-tv, 29 Oct 2018</ref> Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected leader by winning 45.05% of the vote.<ref name="connolly">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/07/annegret-kramp-karrenbauer-elected-merkels-successor-as-christian-democrat-leader \|first=Kate \|last=Connolly \|title=Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer elected Merkel's successor as CDU leader \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=7 December 2018 \|access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> Merz won 39.24% of the vote and Spahn won 15.72% of the vote. ==Candidates== Line 23 ⟶ 25: ! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"\| None/<br/>Others \|- ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)~~/meta/color~~}};"\| ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)~~/meta/color~~}};"\| ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)~~/meta/color~~}};"\| \|- \| 23 Nov 2018 \| [https://www.zdf.de/politik/politbarometer/kramp-karrenbauer-baut-vorsprung-auf-merz-bei-unions-anhaengern-aus-100.html FGW] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124140227/https://www.zdf.de/politik/politbarometer/kramp-karrenbauer-baut-vorsprung-auf-merz-bei-unions-anhaengern-aus-100.html \|date=2018-11-24 }} \| style="background:#D7D5D7"\| '''30''' \| 24 Line 70 ⟶ 72: \|- \| 1 Nov 2018 \| [https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/cdu-parteivorsitz-deutsche-sehen-fuer-merz-die-besten-chancen-bundeskanzler-zu-werden/23256614.html?ticket=ST-3162896-nxauoRtojao4bQtTnI46-ap3 YouGov] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912185609/https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/cdu-parteivorsitz-deutsche-sehen-fuer-merz-die-besten-chancen-bundeskanzler-zu-werden/23256614.html?ticket=ST-3162896-nxauoRtojao4bQtTnI46-ap3 \|date=2019-09-12 }} \| 17 Line 84 ⟶ 86: [[Category:2018 in Europe]] [[Category:2010s in Germany]] [[Category:December 2018 events]] [[Category:Hamburg]] {{multistub\|politics\|europe}} ~~{{stub}}~~