The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is leading the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt with 44.5% of the vote, indicating strong public support for its policies.

The Alternative for #Germany (#AfD), which advocates rapprochement with #Russia, is leading the elections in Saxony-Anhalt. According to exit polls, the AfD is polling at 44.5%, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU is polling at 18.5%. The party is just a few seats short of an absolute majority. The AfD advocates a stricter migration policy, restoring ties with Russia, ending arms supplies to #Ukraine, and Germany's exit from the #EU.

The Alternative for #Germany (#AfD) has delivered a historic result in Saxony-Anhalt’s state elections, winning 44.5% of the vote in exit polls, far ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives (18.5%) and the center-left Social Democrats and Greens, who both cleared the parliamentary threshold.