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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Slideshow Full Focus Best of the week Our top photos from the past week. Full Article Follow Reuters Germans vote in Hamburg as Merkel party faces loss Tweet Share this Link this By Jan Schwartz HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germans voted in Hamburg state elections on Sunday and are likely to inflict a bruising defeat on Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, making it harder for her federal coalition to pass laws. Hamburg... Email Print Related News Egypt banks and pyramids open as some protest in Cairo 10:21am EST Merkel party faces state election loss in Hamburg Sat, Feb 19 2011 Competing Wisconsin protests peaceful, draw thousands Sat, Feb 19 2011 Wisconsin battle lines harden over union curbs Fri, Feb 18 2011 UPDATE 3-US House votes to deny Obama healthcare law funds Fri, Feb 18 2011 Analysis & Opinion NYSE and Deutsche Borse: New York not home, so merger far from home-free Boehner gets a taste of Republican budget-cutting zeal in Congress Related Topics World » 1 / 2 Green Party top candidate Anja Hajduk casts her vote in a state election in Hamburg, February 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Christian Charisius By Jan Schwartz HAMBURG | Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:39am EST HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germans voted in Hamburg state elections on Sunday and are likely to inflict a bruising defeat on Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, making it harder for her federal coalition to pass laws. Hamburg is the first electoral test for Merkel this year, and the opposition Social Democrats (SPD), riding high in opinion polls, are hoping for a big win to give the center-left a burst of momentum before six further state elections in 2011. By early afternoon turnout was slightly higher than at the same time during the last vote in the northern port, Germany's second-largest city. Opinion polls have signaled a big SPD win and first exit polls are expected after polling stations close at 6 pm (1700 GMT). Defeat in Hamburg would make life harder for Merkel's center-right government as it would give the opposition firm control of the Bundesrat, or upper house of parliament, which represents Germany's states. It has to approve about half of the legislation that passes through the Bundestag lower house. Hamburg will also send a signal to voters before the other state votes, especially in the southwestern region of Baden-Wuerttemberg where Merkel's CDU is in danger of losing power in March. Merkel's party, which has been recovering nationally from a plunge in popularity last year, is facing fresh setbacks. Popular Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has been embroiled in a plagiarism scandal over his doctoral thesis, allegations he has dismissed. Bundesbank chief Axel Weber, who was seen as a key contender for the top job at the European Central Bank, said he would quit at the German central bank, a decision that popular media have interpreted as a blow to Merkel. Opinion polls in Hamburg show the SPD projected to win about 46 percent of the vote. The CDU, which took 42.6 percent in the last election in 2008, has plunged to 25 percent. "I am optimistic. Many citizens have told me in the past few days that they've already voted for me... or will do so on Sunday," said SPD candidate and former Labour Minister Olaf Scholz as he made his vote. The SPD hopes to win an outright majority in Hamburg. But it may need to form a coalition with the Greens, who are polling around 14 percent. The Left party are at 6 percent and the liberal Free Democrats at 5 percent. Hamburg, long a left-wing bastion, was ruled by the SPD for 44 years before it lost power to Merkel's CDU 10 years ago. The SPD's candidate Scholz, 52, has purged the party of corrupt officials who cost it control of Germany's second city. Analysts believe the SPD nationally might get a short-term boost with a second consecutive state election victory following their win in North Rhine-Westphalia last May. But it is unlikely that losing Hamburg would have a lasting impact on Merkel's party. The CDU plunged in Hamburg polls after its leader Christoph Ahlhaus, a colorless lawyer, took over from once-popular CDU mayor Ole von Beust, who abruptly quit in July. A CDU coalition with the Greens failed in November, prompting the elections. Nationally, Merkel's conservatives are at about 36 percent. The SPD (22 percent) and their preferred partners, the Greens (20 percent), are just ahead of the ruling coalition of Merkel's conservatives and their FDP partners (5 percent) combined. (Writing by Erik Kirschbaum and Annika Breidthardt; editing by David Stamp) World Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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