# ‘Hope’ rises in Berlin immigrant communities as the Left wins amid AfD gains

https://mins.news/en/item/68510

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-22 07:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/22/hope-rises-in-berlin-immigrant-communities-as-left-wins-amid-afd-gains?traffic_source=rss

> Berlin voters delivered an unprecedented victory to Die Linke, led by Turkish-origin Elif Eralp, who could become the city’s first mayor with an immigrant background and its first mayor from the party. The result relieved pro-migrant residents and younger voters, even as the far-right AfD made gains in Berlin and eastern Germany.

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