Exit Polls Suggest Germany’s AfD Set for Big Win in Eastern State of Saxony-Anhalt
Exit polls showed the far-right party at 44.5%, but it was still unclear whether it could govern without coalition partners.
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AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt election in historic far-right surge
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since World War Two. While short of an overall majority, the AfD won 44% of the vote and delivered a […]
Anti-Immigration AfD Poised for Major Victory in German State Election
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a historic victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, emerging as the largest party with more than 44% of the vote; its strongest performance in any German state election since World War II. Despite the landslide result, the party’s path to governing remains uncertain because mainstream parties continue to […]
By Sebastian Shukla, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party achieved a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the closest a far-right party has come to governing a German state since World War II. Party leaders and their main candidate
According to preliminary results, the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 43.8 percent of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, the German national broadcaster ARD's "Tagesschau" television news program reported.
AfD wins big in German regional election, falls short of bid to become first far-right party to lead a state since WWII
Alternative for Germany failed to secure an absolute majority in the state legislature to govern alone and overcome the so-called firewall of mainstream parties' refusal to work with AfD.
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