# Live: What does the AfD’s big win in Saxony-Anhalt really mean?

https://mins.news/en/video/47926

- DW News, 2026-09-07 04:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNeHieQJVxw

> The far-right Alternative for Germany has won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s regional election, according to preliminary official results, in a result being watched nationally and internationally. The party remains short of the outright majority needed to take power.

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