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AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt with 44.4% vote, near absolute majority.
Key points
- The Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 44.4% in Saxony-Anhalt elections.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives trailed at 18.3% in exit polls.
- SPD and Greens cleared the threshold to enter parliament in Saxony-Anhalt.
- AfD’s lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund campaigned on strict immigration, euro abandonment, Russia ties.
- Exit poll data indicate historic near-majority for AfD at state level since WWII.
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