Bavaria’s AfD celebrates election result in Saxony-Anhalt

The AfD’s projected victory in Saxony-Anhalt was celebrated far beyond the state itself. At an election party in Deggendorf, Bavaria, senior Bavarian AfD figures presented the result as a breakthrough for their party.

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A historic election success for the AfD and a great result for our friends in Saxony-Anhalt.

Bavarian state chairman Stephan Protschka called it “a historic election success for the AfD and a great result for our friends in Saxony-Anhalt.” He described the result as an “enormous vote of confidence” from voters and congratulated lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund.

Protschka said, “The AfD has long since become a political force that nobody can ignore.” Katrin Ebner-Steiner, parliamentary group leader of the AfD in Bavaria’s state parliament, called the result “sensational” and said, “The AfD made history today in Saxony-Anhalt.”

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The AfD has long since become a political force that nobody can ignore.

Ebner-Steiner argued that the party had shown “that democracy can work when a party represents the will of the citizens.” She also said Germans deserved more than “this gender nonsense and this climate madness,” and added, “I am looking forward to forming a government with Ulrich Siegmund.” She described the result, two years before Bavaria’s next state election, as a good sign for the party there.

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The AfD made history today in Saxony-Anhalt.

According to projections, the AfD, classified as definitively extremist by Saxony-Anhalt’s state constitutional protection agency, would roughly double its vote share to between 44% and 44.5%, compared with 20.8% in 2021. The CDU was projected at 18.5%, down from 37.1%, while the Left stood at 9% to 9.5%, the Greens at 8.5% to 9%, and the SPD at 8% to 9%. The FDP was projected to fall out of parliament with 2% to 2.5%. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance stood at 4.8% to 5%, and forming a government was expected to be difficult.

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I am looking forward to forming a government with Ulrich Siegmund.