It Is Now Certain that the AfD Cannot Obtain a Majority, It Will Be Three Seats Short

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The AfD is clearly ahead in Saxony-Anhalt. But top candidate Ulrich Siegmund links a government takeover to a stable majority and brings new elections into play.

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Ulrich Sigmund, the leader of the Alternative for Germany in Saxony-Anhalt, rejected today the possibility that his party will form a minority government in that province, if it does not win an absolute majority of mandates.

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The AfD clearly wins the state parliament election in Saxony-Anhalt, but an absolute majority is moving far away. In his speech, AfD's top candidate Siegmund stresses that "the hand is stretched out" for potential coalitions.