Exit Polls Suggest Germany’s AfD Set for Big Win in Eastern State of Saxony-Anhalt
Exit polls put the AfD at 44.5% and the CDU at 18.5%, leaving the far-right party short of a clear governing majority.
- On Sunday, exit polls showed the AfD winning 44.5% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, though it remains unclear if the result is enough to secure a governing majority.
- The AfD hailed the result as a "historic outcome," more than doubling its 20.8% showing from 2021 by capitalizing on widespread discontent in the region of 2.1 million people.
- Merz's Christian Democratic Union fell to 18.5% from 37.1% in 2021, a setback in a state the conservatives led for 24 years, as mainstream parties maintain a "firewall" refusing to work with the AfD.
- "We have written history," Ulrich Siegmund told ARD, though the BSW party's ability to reach the 5% threshold required to enter the state legislature remains unclear.
- Governing at the state level would grant the AfD control over policing, local education, and culture, though domestic intelligence assesses the party as "far-right extremist," a classification Siegmund rejected.
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The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, but is expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.
Far-right AfD posts historic German state election win, exit polls show
The far-right Alternative for Germany scored a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, exit polls showed on Sunday, dealing a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives, but it was unclear whether the result would be enough to govern.
Alternative for Germany is leading in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, according to the exit poll
Alternative for Germany is leading in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, according to the exit poll. The Christian Democratic Union ranks second.The CDU showed the worst result in the party's history in this federal state, losing about half...
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