Exit Poll: CDU remains greatest in Saarland

The CDU of Chancellor Angela Merkel remains by far the largest party in the western German state of Saarland.

The CDU would have received 41 percent of the vote, the SPD 29.5 percent. Die Linke get 13 percent and 6 percent Alternative for Germany. The Greens (4.5 percent), FDP (3 percent) and Pirates (1 percent) are all below the threshold of 5 percent.