# Far-right AfD wins key German state election but may fail to secure majority

https://mins.news/en/item/47506

- The Guardian, 2026-09-06 16:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/06/saxony-anhalt-germany-afd-exit-poll-ulrich-siegmund

> Exit polls put the anti-immigration, populist far-right AfD at about 44.4% in Saxony-Anhalt, well ahead of Friedrich Merz’s CDU, after record turnout. The party may lack an outright majority, while the AfD and mainstream parties have ruled out governing together, leaving its path to power uncertain.

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