AfD takes sweeping lead in Saxony-Anhalt with 44.5%, exit polls show
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- Preliminary ARD exit polls put the far-right AfD at 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt.
- The result would more than double the party’s previous 20.8% and represent a major setback for Friedrich Merz’s conservatives.
The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, scored a sweeping lead in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, according to preliminary exit polls.
The state broadcaster ARD put the AfD at 44.5% of the vote. That would more than double its previous result of 20.8%.
The projected result represents a serious blow to the conservatives of Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The figures remain based on exit polls.
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