The survey sees AfD a year before election in Saxony-Anhalt at 39 percent

One year before the state election, the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt comes to 39 percent in a new survey. In the Sunday question of the opinion research institute Infratest Dimap on behalf of “Magdeburg Volksstimme”, “Mitteldeutsche Zeitung” and Central German broadcasting, the party is clearly the strongest strength – far before the CDU with 27 percent.

In third place, the left is currently 13 percent. At seven percent, the SPD would still undercut its record low in the past state election if elected on Sunday. The BSW would come to six percent. The Greens (three percent) and the FDP would not be represented in the state parliament.

This would significantly change the balance of power in the state parliament: For a government formation without the AfD, the CDU would be dependent on a blackberry alliance with SPD and BSW and would also have to cooperate with the left. In the state election in June 2021, the CDU reached 37.1 percent as the strongest force, the AfD received 20.8 percent. The state election in Saxony-Anhalt is scheduled for September 6, 2026. An alliance of the CDU, SPD and FDP is currently ruling.

With the survey result, the AfD is further expanding its lead in eastern Germany: In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the next year is also elected, a survey saw the AfD as the strongest force in front of the SPD. In Saxony and Thuringia, where it was only re -elected in 2029, surveys saw the AfD in summer with 35 percent, each well in front of the CDU as the second strongest force. In Brandenburg, according to a Juni survey, the AfD was 32 percent ahead of the SPD.

In Saxony-Anhalt, a majority of respondents would still prefer a CDU-led state government. Around 47 percent spoke out for this-37 percent for an AfD-led government. With an approval value of 59 percent, Reiner Haseloff also remains the most popular politician in the country. It is the first election survey since the 71-year-old CDU politician and the longest-serving prime minister has announced his withdrawal for the coming year. At the beginning of August, Haseloff proposed the CDU state chief and Minister of Economics Sven Schulze (46) as top candidates.

Election surveys are generally always affected with uncertainties. Among other things, waning party bindings and more and more short -term election decisions make it more difficult for opinion research institutes the weighting of the data collected. Basically, surveys only reflect the opinion at the time of the survey and are not forecasts on the election outcome.