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AfD Leads Saxony-Anhalt Poll at 42.1%

8/17/2026

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AfD leads Saxony-Anhalt poll at 42.1%, nearly double CDU's 23%.
Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s top candidate, opened the campaign in Magdeburg on July 18.
Over 1,000 jurists urged the government and Bundestag to ask the Constitutional Court to review the AfD.
If the AfD wins a Saxony-Anhalt majority, it would control education, policing and culture and add seats to the Bundesrat.

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Story summary

AfD leads Saxony-Anhalt poll at 42.1%, nearly double CDU's 23%.
Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s top candidate, opened the campaign in Magdeburg on July 18.
Over 1,000 jurists urged the government and Bundestag to ask the Constitutional Court to review the AfD.
If the AfD wins a Saxony-Anhalt majority, it would control education, policing and culture and add seats to the Bundesrat.