Saxony-Anhalt election: SPD lead candidate Willingmann casts his vote
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- SPD lead candidate Armin Willingmann voted with his wife at a polling station in Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt.
- Willingmann said an AfD-only government would be “a serious harm to the state.”
- The SPD stood at 8.5% in the final pre-election poll cited by the article.
SPD lead candidate Armin Willingmann cast his ballot for Saxony-Anhalt’s state election in Wernigerode, accompanied by his wife and voting under sunny skies.
After voting, he told the German Press Agency: “May the sun continue to shine over Saxony-Anhalt for the next few years.”
May the sun continue to shine over Saxony-Anhalt for the next few years.
Willingmann also warned that an AfD-only government would be “a serious harm to the state.” The SPD had recorded 8.5% in the final poll before the election, according to Forschungsgruppe Wahlen.
A serious harm to the state.
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