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After Saxony-Anhalt election, CDU seeks coalition talks despite AfD triumph

From Der Standard · () German

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

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  • The AfD won 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt's state election but fell short of an absolute majority.
  • The governing CDU dropped to 17.2% in the preliminary final result.
  • The CDU plans to hold talks on forming a government and says it sees no threat of lawmakers defecting to the AfD.

The AfD scored a sweeping victory in Saxony-Anhalt, winning 43.8% in Sunday's state election, but the far-right party still fell short of the absolute majority it would need to govern alone.

The result sharply weakened the previously governing CDU, which fell to 17.2% in the preliminary final result. Despite the AfD's strong showing, the CDU intends to hold talks on forming a government.

The SPD, Left and Greens all comfortably cleared the threshold for entry into the state parliament. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, or BSW, also made it in, narrowly.

At the AfD's election party in Magdeburg, top candidate Siegmund raised the possibility of another vote if necessary, saying: "If necessary, new elections, then we will get 50 or 55 percent." The CDU says it sees no danger of defections to the AfD.

If necessary, new elections, then we will get 50 or 55 percent.

· SiegmundThe AfD's top candidate spoke at the party's election event in Magdeburg after the party won the state election but missed an absolute majority.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. 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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