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Sep 5, 2026

Germany's far-right AfD wins historic state election in Saxony-Anhalt

The Alternative for Germany party secured 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt's state election, marking the far-right party's best-ever result and potentially its first state-level victory since World War II.

Sep 5, 2026·5 sources

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▪The Christian Democratic Union secured 18.5% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, 2026, trailing the Alternative for Germany party
▪The Alternative for Germany party won 44.5% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, 2026, according to early projections broadcast by ARD
▪The Alternative for Germany party's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, 2026, came largely at the expense of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union

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Alternative for Germany European far-left politics EU elections & party politics (European Parliament)

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