German election commission: AfD leads in Bundestag elections in all former GDR states
In early elections to the German parliament in all the eastern German states, the Alternative for Germany party’s results in the early elections were much higher than those of the still ruling SPD and the undisputed leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), according to the election commission’s tally.
In Brandenburg, the AfD won 32.5 per cent of the vote (+14.4 compared to 2021), the CDU came second with 18.1 per cent (+2.8 per cent), while Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) gained 14.8 per cent (minus 14.6 per cent).
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD received 35 per cent of all votes (plus 17 per cent) and was well ahead of the CDU with 17.8 per cent (plus 0.4 per cent) and the SPD with 12.4 per cent (minus 16.7 per cent).
In Saxony, a record 37.3 per cent (plus 12.7 per cent) voted for the AfD, the CDU 19.7 per cent (plus 2.6 per cent) and the SPD 8.5 per cent (minus 10.8 per cent).
In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD achieved similar results with 37.1 per cent (plus 17.5 per cent), the CDU with 19.2 per cent (minus 1.8 per cent), and the SPD with 11.0 per cent (minus 14.4 per cent).
In the long-standing ‘right-wing’ state of Thuringia, the AfD achieved a result of 38.6 per cent (plus 14.6 per cent), the CDU 18.6 per cent (plus 1.7 per cent) and the SPD 8.8 per cent (minus 14.7 per cent).
Early elections to the Bundestag were held on Sunday. After ballots were counted in all 299 constituencies, the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc won with 26.8 per cent of the vote, with the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) coming second with 20.8 per cent. Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) are in third place with 16.4 per cent of the vote. The Green Party has 11.6 per cent of the vote, while the Left has 8.8 per cent.
The incumbent German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has already admitted the SPD’s defeat in the Bundestag elections.
Sarah Wagenknecht’s Union for Reason and Justice and the FDP, which was previously in the government coalition, failed to break the five per cent threshold.
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