Germany's Far Right AfD Hails Big Victory in East, but Falls Short of Majority The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has secured a significant victory in Saxony Anhalt, winning 43.
8% of the vote and emerging as the dominant force in the state.
The far right party surpassed mainstream rivals like the conservative CDU by a wide margin, with its charismatic leader, Ulrich Siegmund, hailing the result as "sensational" and claiming it was a mandate to govern.