by Kurt Zindulka
The anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany appears set for a major victory on Sunday, with the party securing a commanding first-place finish in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections.
According to exit poll forecasts from Infratest Dimap for public broadcaster ARD, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won an overwhelming victory at a projected 44.5 per cent of the vote, Die Welt reported.
This would mark the best-ever result for the nationalist party since its inception and more than double the support it won in the 2021 elections in the former East German state.
This is on pace to be more than double the support of their nearest rival, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which is projected to secure only 18.5 per cent of the vote, down from 37.1 per cent in 2021.
Meanwhile, the exit polling predicts that three other parties will surpass the five per cent threshold needed to be awarded seats in the state parliament.
This would include Die Linke (The Left), the direct descendant of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), the communist party that ruled East Germany, which is projected to win 9.5 per cent.
The Greens at 9 per cent, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at 8 per cent, and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) at 5 per cent are all also currently predicted to enter the Saxony-Anhalt parliament.