The political map looks different after the state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg. Where once dominated red and black, is now much blue to see - the AfD has displaced the formerly dominant SPD (in Brandenburg) and CDU (in Saxony) in many places in second place.
In Brandenburg, the colors on the electoral winners card are strikingly bright in many places: the lead in which the parties have become the strongest force is often just paper-thin. In one third of the cities, municipalities and offices, it is less than 2.5 percentage points.
The AFD received in the state election, especially in the south and east in many municipalities most second votes, with shares of over 30 percent. It is strongest on the border with Saxony, around the mining region of Lusatia. In the election campaign, the party had opposed the decided brown coal exit.
The AfD cuts off weaker in large parts of the Brandenburg West and Northwest. Here the SPD became the strongest force in many municipalities. Their best result brought the Social Democrats in Wittenberge.
The CDU only achieved more than 20 percent in individual municipalities scattered across the state. Among other things, she succeeded in Schönwalde-Glien, northwest of Berlin. There she became the strongest force. The weakest cut off the CDU east of Berlin.
There, the left has its strongholds. In Strausberg and Frankfurt an der Oder she got her best second voice parts. But she was nowhere strongest.
The Greens achieved their strongest results west of Berlin: In Potsdam and two other municipalities they came to over 20 percent. In Kleinmachnow they also became the strongest force.
In Saxony, many municipalities have their absentee ballots counted centrally by neighboring municipalities. A small-scale analysis as in Brandenburg is not meaningful. Instead, now take a look at the Saxon constituencies.
The CDU became the strongest force in three quarters of the constituencies. Above-average results were achieved, inter alia, in the southwestern Vogtland and in Zwickau. It brought its worst values in Leipzig and Dresden - in most constituencies of the two cities, however, it was still the strongest force, because the other parties are often close to each other on the places behind it.
The AfD dominates several constituencies in eastern Saxony, as well as the region around the city of Meissen. In the west of the country and in the big cities, the party performs worse, but is represented everywhere in two digits.
The Greens bring in Leipzig and Dresden their best values, in two constituencies in Leipzig, she got every fourth vote. Here, the party also managed to leave the CDU behind and become the strongest force. In rural areas, the party scores significantly lower, in many places even less than five percent.
The Left also won in Leipzig and Dresden their highest votes, scored in the constituency of Leipzig 2 their top score of 20 percent. On the card of the constituency winners she does not manage it, not even the second strongest force she was in a constituency.
With around ten percent of the second votes in and around Leipzig, the SPD achieved its best results - the strongest and even second-strongest force, of course, is not. In two Görlitz constituencies, the Social Democrats ended up below the mark of five percent.