State election: AfD clearly ahead of CDU in Saxony-Anhalt election
The AfD is distancing itself from the CDU. The SPD remains stable, while the Left is losing votes. The Greens are making it into the state parliament, and the BSW can hope. The FDP is being voted out. Forming a government will be difficult.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is leading in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, with Ulrich Siegmund as its top candidate, according to projections from ARD and ZDF. The AfD is expected to win 44-44.5% of the vote, doubling its 2021 result, while the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Minister-President Sven Schulze is projected to come in second with 18.5%.
The Left party is expected to lose votes, while the Greens and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are holding steady, making it likely that coalition talks will be complicated. The AfD's result would be its best ever in a state election, but it is unclear if it will be able to form a government.
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