‘Shockwave’: Germany’s AfD Party Wins Big in Key State Election

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Despite a massive nationwide media and political campaign, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party secured a stunning election victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The right-wing party won 44% of the vote and captured 39 seats in the 83-seat state assembly — leaving it just three seats short of an absolute majority.

With today’s result, the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt could form a government in a coalition with the leftist anti-establishment BSW party. A breakaway faction from the far-left Linke party, the BSW secured just over 5%. “One idea being floated is whether there could be informal deal whereby a small party – the BSW – could give their tacit support to allow the AfD to form a minority government,” the BBC noted.

Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), who formerly governed the state, came second with a little over 17%. Germany’s Chancellor and CDU chief Friedrich Merz conceded the “most severe election defeat” in “years, or decades,” to quote his own words. “This election result is sending shockwaves,” Merz confessed.

Not just for Chancellor Merz, the outcome is a big setback for Germany’s left-wing establishment. According to the German newspaper Die Welt, the election result showed that the old political establishment is in “self-destruction” mode. “The political culture of the Berlin Republic is coming to an end. The election outcome, disastrous for the country’s elites, reveals just how detached they have become from reality,” the country’s most-read newspaper commented.

Polish Prime Minister and former EU Council President, Donald Tusk, lashed out at his own countrymen, slamming Poles who cheered the AfD victory as “idiots or traitors”.

While the European elite fumed and panicked, congratulatory messages poured in from leading patriotic and right-wing figures across the West. Elon Musk, Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders and former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban were among the first to congratulate.

The election result triggered demonstrations across Germany, with angry protesters hitting the streets to urge the government and judiciary to ban the party currently leading nationwide opinion polls.

Germany’s state-run radio station Deutschlandfunk reported Sunday night:

In various cities, [demonstrators] called for a ban on the party. Protests took place in cities including Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin, Aachen, Frankfurt, and Mainz. Further rallies were announced for the evening, including another one in Berlin, as well as in Rostock and Saarbrücken. There will be a rally in Cologne tomorrow, and mobilization is underway in Leipzig for the next weekend. More rallies against the AfD are to be expected.

Clips circulating on social media suggest that Antifa, the U.S.-designated terrorist group, and pro-Hamas outfits were trying to hijack these anti-AfD protests.

In May 2025, the German domestic intelligence agency, the Verfassungsschutz, designated the AfD as a “right-wing extremist” group, a move intended to pave the way for a potential party ban. So far, the government in Berlin has hesitated to initiate the ban. Both the mainstream conservative and establishment parties fear that such a step would trigger a backlash from German voters.



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