Exit Polls Suggest Germany’s AfD Set for Big Win in Eastern State of Saxony-Anhalt
- On Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, the far-right Alternative for Germany won 44.5% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, far outpacing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union at 18.5%.
- Led by 35-year-old Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD promised a "deportation and remigration offensive," while domestic intelligence classifies the party's state branch as a "confirmed right-wing extremist" organization.
- Chancellor Merz's party collapsed from 37.1% in 2021 to 18.5%, prompting CDU national general secretary Franziska Hoppermann to call it a "very difficult result for us."
- Mainstream parties maintain a strict "firewall" of non-cooperation with the AfD, leaving it unclear if the party achieved the absolute majority required to govern alone.
- Final seat distribution hinges on whether the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance clears the 5% threshold, as Germany faces the potential of its first far-right state government since World War Two.
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AfD Wins Saxony-Anhalt Landslide, Projected One Seat Short of Outright Majority
Ulrich Siegmund has led AfD to a landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, with early projections putting the party on 44.3 per cent and 41 seats, one short of the 42 needed to govern alone. With the CDU collapsing to 18.3 per cent and BSW hovering below the threshold, the final count could still decide whether Germany gets its first outright AfD state government.
Three things are sending AfD towards a historic victory, assesses B.T.'s foreign editor.
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Exciting post-election surveys in Saxony-Anhalt. Now it is clear who particularly strongly supported the AfD. A clear profile emerges.
Elections in Germany. According to the first exit-poll results, the far-right Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) won the elections in eastern Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Article Elections in Germany. The first exit-poll results: The far-right AfD party is heading for a smashing victory first appears in Romania TV.
Exit Poll Shows AfD Is Strong in Saxony-Anhalt, but It Remains to Be Seen How Much It Will Be Enough
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party received around 44 percent of the vote, the CDU 18, and the SPD, the Greens and the Linke around 9-9-9 percent.
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