Update(1400ET): In a political earthquake, the AfD has taken a massive lead, per exit polls, at the Saxony-Anhalt election in what the party’s state leader hailed as sending a resounding “signal to Berlin.” This moment marks the first time what has been dubbed a German “far-right party” taking power at a state level since World War II. This is absolutely historic.

“The exit polls, published by German public television stations, suggested that the party, known by its German initials AfD, would win between 39 and 41 seats in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt,” NY Times reports. “That would leave it just short of an absolute majority of 42, but far ahead of its nearest rival.”

But it remains unclear whether it will be able to form a government. Below is the latest via Deutsche Welle:

Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Tino Chrupalla  says his party secured a mandate to govern with its strong election result in Saxony-Anhalt.

“We have halved the CDU, so from that point of view it’s a great evening,” Chrupalla told journalists in Magdeburg, referring to an earlier remark by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and chancellor Friedrich Merz that AfD’s result could be cut in half.

Chrupalla called the outcome “sensational.” 

“Ulrich Siegmund will be the new premier of Saxony-Anhalt,” he said. “From here, we will change Germany.”

If the party falls short of an absolute majority, Chrupalla said it would be open to talks and even suggested an AfD minority government could be tolerated by other parties.

AfD has signaled it is open to a coalition partner that would be open to changing its migration and energy policy – though this option doesn’t seem to be on the political map realistically at this early point.

Youth turn to AfD in droves…

Bei den jungen 5%! pic.twitter.com/W7Mb67WpRc

— Anosteras (@anosteras) September 6, 2026

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Voters in Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls today in an election that could deliver Germany’s most massive political shock in decades, with the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland on track to beat Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats.

AfD is the only hope for Germany https://t.co/6ONn1LOipE

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 19, 2026

Final polling estimates put the AfD at 40% to 41%, nearly double the CDU’s 23%. The party’s lead candidate, 35-year-old Ulrich Siegmund, has ruled out governing in a coalition, suggesting the AfD would need an outright majority to take power of its first German state government.

🚨 BREAKING: Germany’s right-wing anti-mass migration AfD party backed by Elon Musk is poised for a HISTORIC VICTORY in the Saxony-Anhalt elections — with polling showing them over 40% support, a STUNNING LEAD of close to 20 points

CDU at just over 20%, and other parties near… pic.twitter.com/HnYvxgKlQr

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 6, 2026

About 1.7 million people are set to vote today, with polls closing at 6 p.m. local time. AfD’s rapid ascent comes as voters are furious over Germany’s stagnant economy, deindustrialization, energy costs, and the Third World migrant invasion.

The Polymarket bet on how many seats the AfD is expected to win today assigns a 74% probability to 38 to 41 seats, with 42 to 45 seats at 16%.

Ahead of the historic election, thousands of far-left Antifa crazies took to the streets wearing all black and holding Antifa and LGBT flags. Others were seen carrying signs reading “FCK NZS” and “FCK AFD.”

EIL: Schwere Krawalle in Halle, Antifa-Demo eskaliert! 🚨

Am Vorabend der Landtagswahl hat die linksextreme Szene nach Halle mobilisiert. Die Demo versinkt in Gewalt, es werden Unmengen an Pyrotechnik gezündet und teils auf die Polizei geworfen. Straßenkampf mit Ansage. Und ein… pic.twitter.com/k2bwEQtZ8N

— COMPACT-Magazin (@COMPACTMagazin) September 5, 2026

A reported 15,000 left-wing activists joined a so-called pro-democracy festival in the state capital, Magdeburg, on Saturday, organized by the “Saxony-Anhalt Open to the World” alliance. Yet the whole globalist cult in Germany has likely run its course. It has been nothing more than what some call a nation-killing experiment, pushing uncontrolled mass migration and deindustrialization policies that have sent Europe’s largest economy into a tailspin.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday threatened the AfD, saying, “We will not let these people, who trash Germany and everything we have achieved in recent years and decades,” before adding, “We will not let these people talk our country into ruin!”

🚨🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is once again threatening to ban the AfD?!

“We will not let these people — who trash Germany and everything we have achieved in recent years and decades.”

“We will not let these people talk our country into ruin!” pic.twitter.com/3iiyrwBRV2

— Mario ZNA (@MarioBojic) September 6, 2026

German politics coverage:

• Germany Braces For AfD Election Breakthrough In Saxony-Anhalt

• Germany’s Anti-Immigration AfD Party Reaches Record Support Days Before Pivotal State Election

• “Citizens Want Political Turnaround”: AfD Now Polls At 43% Across Eastern Germany

• Merz Warns Right-Wing Victory Will Hurt Germany, But Nomura Says Investors Aren’t Buying It

What Nomura analysts see over the next 18-month election cycle across Europe: 

• “Seeds Of Political Change”: Nomura Sees Europe Lurching Right, And Markets Are Fine With It

Yet what did Merz actually achieve? Destroying Germany’s economy? That is something he certainly accomplished.