Saxony-Anhalt election: AfD leader Ulrich Siegmund wins his constituency with a direct mandate
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund won the Genthin constituency in Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin.
- Siegmund received 49.0% of the first votes, compared with 24.0% for CDU candidate Thomas Staudt.
- His result improved by 22.4 percentage points from 2021, when Staudt won the constituency.
AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund also secured a clear victory in his constituency in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.
The 35-year-old won the direct mandate in Genthin by a wide margin over CDU candidate Thomas Staudt. According to the state election authority, Siegmund received 49.0% of the first votes, while Staudt took 24.0%.
Siegmund’s result represented a 22.4 percentage-point increase from 2021. Five years earlier, Staudt had won the direct mandate in the Genthin constituency.
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Originally published by Die Zeit 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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