Far-right AfD wins key state vote in eastern Germany

Germany’s Alternative for Germany has won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt with about 44% of the vote, putting the party in first place by a wide margin and raising the prospect of a far-right state government for the first time in postwar Germany. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU finished second on about 18%. Exit polls and early projections showed the AfD more than doubling its 23.7% share from the 2021 election.

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