GERMANY BREAKING: HESSIAN STATE ELECTION PROJECTIONS SHOW MORE TROUBLE FOR MERKEL WITH MERKEL OPTING NOT TO STAND AS PARTY LEADER IN DECEMBER

(NEW UPDATED INFORMATION HAS BEEN INSERTED EARLY MONDAY AM)

(BREAKING NEWS:  ANGELA MERKEL WILL NOT RUN FOR CHRISTIAN DEMOCATIC UNION LEADERSHIP AT THE PARTY CONFERENCE IN DECEMBER , SHE IS QUOTED AS SAYING THIS BY 'DER SPIEGEL' MAGAZINE IN GERMANY)

The party of Angela Merkel has seen an eleven percent decline in support and its partner party has also lost support in today's election in the German state of Hesse.

In the 2013 election they had 38.3 percent support but now the CDU (Christian Democats) are finishing with 27.0 support in today's election.   In 2013 the SPD (Social Democrats) were at 30.7  percent and today they won only 19.8 percent support.

The anti-mass immigration, anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany will be in the Hessian parliament for the first time with 13.1 percent support in the election.

The Greens have picked up support from 11.1 percent in 2013 to 19.8 percent support in today's vote.

137  have been allocated in the Hessian state parliament with the Free Democrats also going over the five percent threshold to win seats along with the former East German Communists known as Die Linke (The Left).

The results of the election.

CDU   40

SPD    29

Greens  29

AfD       19

FPD       11

Linke       9

Angela Merkel will face her CDU Party conference in December with the possibility of a challenge and her defeat.

The SPD (Social Democrats) could opt to end their involvement and bring down the government of Merkel in the short term.

A link that will disappear later Monday:

ARD German Television Hessian Election