# Germany’s AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt vote but falls short of absolute majority

https://mins.news/en/video/48637

- TRT World, 2026-09-07 15:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6ho3KJ3IRo

> The Alternative for Germany has won the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, but is three seats short of an absolute majority. That could keep it from leading Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II. Stanford University’s Ulrich Bruckner weighs in.

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