# AfD representative elected chairman of Saxony-Anhalt Landtag

https://mins.news/en/item/88142

- TASS, 2026-10-06 14:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2198235

> Tobias Rausch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the party’s first politician elected chairman of a regional parliament, after Saxony-Anhalt’s Landtag chose him in the first voting round. He received 48 votes, with 29 against and five abstentions. The AfD won 43.8% in the September 6 election but lacks a majority; the BSW had pledged to support his candidacy.

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