🇩🇪 #AfD Wins in Saxony-Anhalt Exit polls show Alternative for #Germany (AfD) leading with 44-44.5% of the vote in regional elections. The ruling CDU , led by Chancellor #Merz, finished second. The party lost nearly half its support compared to 2021, marking its worst-ever result in this region. Co-chair Alice Weidel called the outcome historic and claimed a mandate to form the government.