AfD Leads Saxony-Anhalt Election at 42% in Final ARD Survey, 20 Points Ahead of CDU

The AfD enters Saxony-Anhalt's September 6 state election at 42 percent in the final ARD survey, twenty points ahead of the CDU at 22 percent — a survey low for the governing party, down from 37.1 percent in 2021. Die Linke polled 11, the SPD 8, the Greens 6. The AfD still lacks an absolute majority, leaving coalition formation the pivotal question.