Rival SPD party wins district held by Angela Merkel since 1990
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#5Q1EY)
Flipping of constituency by Anna Kassautzki, 27, signals generational changing of guard in German vote
The German constituency held by Angela Merkel for the last 30 years has flipped to a 27-year-old politician from the Social Democratic party (SPD), in the starkest expression yet of a generational change of guard underlying Sunday's national vote.
Germany's outgoing chancellor had continuously won a direct mandate in the electoral district of Vorpommern-Rugen - Vorpommern-Greifswald I since it was created after reunification in 1990.
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