The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has won 43.8% of the vote in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, more than doubling its showing five years ago in the region.
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Even though the landmark victory puts a far-right party within reach of state power for the first time in Germany since the second world war, the AfD fell three seats short of a majority in the 83-member legislature.
If the AfD manages to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt, the lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, has promised to start a remigration and deportation offensive, ban rainbow flags in schools and halt the building of new windfarms
Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/saxony-anhalt-germany-afd-exit-poll-ulrich-siegmund
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