Berlin, September 6th, 2026 (The Berlin Spectator) – For the first time since Adolf Hitler’s Nazis were in power, an extremist right-wing party will likely win a state election today. This is happening in Nazi Germany’s democratic and free successor state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
In Saxony-Anhalt, 1.7 million inhabitants are eligible to take part. According to polls conducted in the past few weeks, 40 to 42 percent might vote for the self-proclaimed “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD) and its top candidate Ulrich Siegmund.
This party’s classification as right wing extremist is official. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution designated the AfD accordingly in Saxony-Anhalt, but also in Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Thuringia. According to experts, the AfD is using democratic means in order to fight democracy.
Big Question
Polling locations open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. CET (daylight saving time). Once they are closed, there will be a projection based on surveys at polling stations across the state. Later, the first actual results based on countings are expected to be published step by step.
The big question is: Will the AfD get an outright majority? If this is the case, it will likely pull through with its racist and antidemocratic policies unrestrained. Siegmund intends to cancel his state’s treaty which keeps the regional public broadcaster MDR running. He wants to deport asylum seekers and other persons his party does not consider German enough, end compulsory school attendance and set up a “civil defense”. In the latter case, there are problematic historical parallels. The AfD also wants to get rid of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the authority which classified it as an extremist right-wing party.
At this stage, Saxony-Anhalt is being governed by a coalition consisting of the conservative CDU, the center-left SPD and the center-right FDP. According to the polls, the parties involved will not have a majority anymore. Governor Sven Schulze, a Christian Democrat (CDU) might get about 23 percent of the vote, just above half of the support the right-wing extremists are hoping for.
Formation of Government
In the latest polls, one in four respondents stated they had not decided what parties they intended to vote for. Both the AfD and the democratic parties are hoping for their support.
If the AfD does not get an outright majority and in case it ends up being a lot weaker than it hopes for, the formation of the next state government in Magdeburg will probably be complicated. None of the major parties wants to cooperate with the AfD. The CDU rejects any cooperation with the far-left “Die Linke” as well.
More state elections will be taking place on September 20th, in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania. In the latter case, the AfD is very strong too. In Berlin, the right-wing extremists do not have enough support to govern, but “Die Linke” might. This party’s Berlin chapter includes Israel haters and terror supporters who openly spread antisemitism and conspiracy theories about the only Jewish state.
