In the federal election in 2020, the AfD made it to first place in Saxony.
In addition, the right-wing party gets the majority of direct mandates in the Free State.
Dresden / Frankfurt - While the AfD * at the federal level comes to just under 10 percent in the preliminary results, things look very different in Saxony.
Here the party made it from the far right to over 20 percent.
Overall, the AfD in Saxony received 24.6 percent of the second votes cast.
Compared to the federal election 2021 * from 2017, the AfD lost 2.4 percent, but was still the strongest force in the federal election in Saxony.
Federal election 2021: In Saxony, the AfD is at the forefront
The SPD * was able to achieve second place in Saxony with 19.3 percent.
Similar to the national comparison, the CDU * suffered heavy losses.
The party behind the candidate for the Chancellery, Armin Laschet *, only achieved 17.2 percent in Saxony.
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AfD election advertising in Saxony
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Compared to the 2017 federal election, the Union party had lost almost 10 percent.
At that time, the CDU came in second with 26.9 percent.
In front of her at that time was only the AfD with a narrow 0.1 percent lead.
Bundestag election in Saxony: AfD clearly ahead of CDU
Behind the CDU, in third place, the FDP * made it with 11.0 percentage points. With a significantly stronger result than at the federal level, the Left * in Saxony was able to slip behind the FDP. The party on the left of the SPD made it to 9.3 percent in the Free State, while at the federal level it still had to tremble in the face of the 5 percent hurdle. Compared to the 2017 federal election, the left also lost a massive amount of votes.
At that time it still achieved 16.1 percent of the second votes cast in Saxony.
While the Greens * made it to third place nationwide, they are far behind the left in Saxony.
In Saxony, the self-proclaimed eco-party received 8.6 percent of the second votes cast.
In direct comparison with the 2017 federal election, however, the party was able to almost double its result.
From then 4.6 percent to 8.6 percent today.
Federal election 2021 in Saxony: AfD gets 10 of the 16 direct mandates in Saxony
In the federal election in 2021, the AfD was able to obtain 10 of the 16 possible direct mandates.
In the past, i.e. in the 2017 federal election, the AfD was only able to win three mandates in Saxony.
Party of the direct mandate |
Constituency |
AfD |
Northern Saxony (constituency 151), Leipzig-Land (constituency 154), Meißen (constituency 155), Bautzen I (constituency 156), Görlitz (constituency 157), central Saxony (constituency 161), Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (constituency 158), Chemnitz environs - Erzgebirgskreis II (constituency 163), Erzgebirgskreis I (constituency 164), Zwickau (constituency 165) |
CDU |
Vogtlandkreis (constituency 166), Leipzig I (constituency 152), Dresden I (constituency 159), Dresden II -Bautzen II (constituency 160) |
SPD |
Chemnitz (constituency 126) |
The left |
Leipzig II (constituency 153) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer |
The CDU won four of the other direct mandates.
The other two belonged to the SPD and the Left.
Bundestag election 2020: SPD in Saxony highly satisfied
General Secretary Alexander Dierks of the CDU in Saxony expressed his deep disappointment to n-tv.
His party colleague Marco Wanderwitz also attributed the bitter blow to a belated election of his party in the 2020 federal election.
The CDU won four of the other direct mandates.
The other two belonged to the SPD and the Left.
Susanne Schaper and Stefan Hartmann opposite n-tv (party chairman of the Left Party in Saxony)
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The party leader of the SPD in Saxony, Martin Dulig, was very satisfied with the result of his party.
He said at an election party: "We are the winners of this evening".
The Greens were already looking forward to their party's possible participation in government.
(Lucas Maier) *
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