Official results: Far-right party wins Saxony-Anhalt state elections | DW News

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The Alternative for Germany has clinched an historic victory in a state election. Preliminary results show the AfD won almost 44 percent of the Sunday vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, which puts a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since the Second World War. But the result is shy of an outright majority - and the AfD may have to find coalition forces. The party wants strict immigration curbs, warmer ties with Russia and less support for Ukraine. DW's Ben Fajzullin speaks to DW political correspondent Giulia Saudelli in Magdeburg about what comes next. 00:00 AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt: official preliminary results 01:19 AfD state leader claims historic victory 02:22 Correspondent analysis: scale of the AfD result 03:57 Coalition math: why forming a government is "very tricky" 05:21 The firewall against the AfD and whether it can hold 06:27 CDU outgoing state premier reacts to historic loss 07:11 Why East Germans are voting far right in r

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