The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has won the regional elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhaltalthough without enough votes to govern alone, which opens the door to the formation of a government supported by the rest of the political formations. The polling stations closed at 6:00 p.m.
AfD remains close to absolute majority
Specifically, AfD would have won 39 or 41 seats according to exit polls by ARD and ZDF television, the result of support from the 44.5 or 44% of the participating electoratevery close to the 42 seats necessary to obtain an absolute majority in the regional parliament.
Behind the AfD would be the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 18.5% support according to the two studies (18.6 points less than in the last elections), which would translate into about 16 representatives.
SPD, La Izquierda and Los Verdes tie for third place
In third place they would be equal to the historic Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), The Left and The Greens (9% and 8-9 seats each), while in sixth place would be Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW, 5%) ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP, 2%). The minimum to obtain representation is 5%.
Participation soars
The participation rate has been one of the main news of the daywith 65.3% until 4:00 p.m., well above the 41% registered at that time in 2021, when the final participation was 60.3%.
The latest survey published by the German public television ARD places AfD in first place with 42% supportfollowed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU, 22%), The Left (11%), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, 8%), The Greens (6%), Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW, 4%) and the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP, 3%).
