Saxony-Anhalt is currently governed by a "Germany coalition" of the CDU (EPP), SPD (S&D) and FDP (RE) under regional prime minister Sven Schulze, who took over from the retiring Reiner Haseloff in January 2026. The coalition holds a comfortable majority in the outgoing regional parliament, but polling since mid-2025 has shown it losing that majority outright as the CDU (EPP) has fallen and the AfD (ESN) has surged to a large, sustained lead.
The CDU (EPP) is the dominant centre-right force and sits with the European People's Party (EPP). The SPD (S&D) is affiliated with the Party of European Socialists, sitting in the S&D group. The FDP (RE) sits with Renew Europe (RE).
The AfD (ESN), led locally by Ulrich Siegmund, is the clear front-runner in every poll published this year; its MEPs sit with the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group. Die Linke (LEFT), led by Eva von Angern, is affiliated with the Party of the European Left. Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens/EFA) sits with the European Green Party / Greens–EFA.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW (NI)) is contesting a Saxony-Anhalt state election for the first time, running dual lead candidates Thomas Schulze and Claudia Wittig; its MEPs have sat as non-inscrits (NI) since the 2024 European election. 15 parties in total were approved for the ballot, including Volt (Eurofederalist), FW (RE) and two animal-rights lists — see the full results table below.
Former MEP, state economy minister; elected regional prime minister in Jan 2026 after Haseloff's retirement.
Regional parliament member since 2016 and AfD parliamentary co-chair; selected with 98.3% of delegate votes.
Linke floor leader since 2020 and 2021 lead candidate, standing again after the party's record losses.
State Science & Economy Minister, elected lead candidate with 97 of 98 delegate votes.
Deputy regional prime minister; led the FDP back into the regional parliament in 2021 after a decade's absence.
State party co-chair since 2016, entered the regional parliament via the list in 2021.
Direct choice between the two lead candidates only — Saxony-Anhalt has no direct election for regional prime minister.
Hauptschulabschluss and Mittlere Reife rows are awaiting confirmed 2021 source figures.
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen has published only one full-breakdown Sachsen-Anhalt poll so far this cycle, shown as a single point.
No Hochrechnung published yet — this table is refreshed manually as new projections come in after polls close at 18:00 CEST.
Saxony-Anhalt's outgoing result (24.3%, 2016) already ranks 5th on this list. The Saxony-Anhalt 2026 row shows the Infratest dimap exit poll once published; until then it reflects the current polling average.
Saxony-Anhalt's 2021 result (8.4%) narrowly misses this list. The Saxony-Anhalt 2026 row shows the Infratest dimap exit poll once published; until then it reflects the current polling average — close enough to potentially break into the top five.
The Saxony-Anhalt 2026 row shows the gain implied by the Infratest dimap exit poll (vs. 20.8% in 2021) once published; until then it reflects the current polling swing — already the largest gain on this list.