AfD Projected to Win 41% in Saxony-Anhalt, on Brink of First State Power Since WWII

On 6 September 2026, Saxony-Anhalt voters delivered the AfD a projected 41 percent — nearly double its 20.8 percent federal result in February 2025. If confirmed, the far-right party would control a state parliament for the first time since World War II, testing Germany's cross-party firewall — an informal pledge by mainstream parties never to govern alongside the AfD.