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AfD wins 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt as CDU suffers historic collapse

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Alternative for Germany won 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt, according to exit polls, nearly 24 percentage points more than in 2021.
  • The CDU came second with 18.5%, its lowest result ever in the state, while other parties had ruled out forming a coalition with the far-right AfD.
  • AfD co-leader Alice Weidel called the result historic, but it remained unclear whether the party could form a government.

The Alternative for Germany won 44.5% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, according to exit polls, delivering a sweeping victory and a historic setback for the state’s governing establishment.

The far-right party gained nearly 24 percentage points compared with the 2021 election. The Christian Democratic Union finished a distant second with 18.5%, its lowest result ever in Saxony-Anhalt and nearly 19 points below its previous performance, when it won decisively.

The Left took 9.5%, the Greens won 9%, and the Social Democratic Party received only 8%. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel welcomed what she called a “historic” result and said it gave the party a clear mandate to govern.

Yet the election did not immediately translate into a path to power. All the other parties had already said they would not enter a coalition with the Alternative, leaving it unclear whether the AfD could form a government despite its strong showing.

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· Alice WeidelThe AfD co-leader described the party’s election result.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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