The AfD Saxony-Anhalt is the state association of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The state association is led by the member of parliament Martin Reichardt as state chairman. With André Poggenburg as the top candidate, the AfD Sachsen-Anhalt ran for the first time in a state election in 2016 and subsequently represented the second largest parliamentary group in the seventh state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.
In January 2021, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Saxony-Anhalt classified the state association as a suspected right-wing extremist. In November 2023, the state association was classified as a “definite right-wing extremist effort”. This classification gives the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony-Anhalt broader discretion in using intelligence efforts to monitor the group.
On October 2026, Tobias Rausch from the AfD was elected speaker of Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament. This was the AfD party's first time in such position and the first time a far-right party has held such a post in the country since 1945. Hans-Thomas Tillschneider was elected deputy speaker. Controversies The AfD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt called for a demonstration in Magdeburg at the end of January 2022 against the CORONA protective measures. It remained unclear whether the AfD Saxony-Anhalt or the AfD parliamentary group organized and financed the demonstration. The faction receives state money and is therefore forbidden to finance political events.
AfD fraction in Landtag In the recent Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt the AfD fraction consist of 2 women and 21 men: +Name1Matthias Büttner2Matthias Büttner 3Christian Hecht4Oliver Kirchner5Gordon Köhler6Hagen Kohl7Nadine Koppehel8Thomas Korell9Matthias Lieschke10Frank Lizureck11Hannes Loth12Jan Moldenhauer13Daniel Rausch14Tobias Rausch15Daniel Roi16Jan Scharfenort17Florian Schröder18Thomas Korell19Hans-Thomas Tillschneider20Lothar Waehler21Daniel Wald22Margret Wendt23Felix Zietmann
Stategroup in Deutschen Bundestag
2021–2025 MoP Elected by function / membership Martin Reichardt Listenplatz 1 State chairmen Jan Wenzel Schmidt Listenplatz 2 member of state board Kay-Uwe Ziegler Direktmandat Anhalt Vice state chairmen Robert Farle Direktmandat Mansfeld – Election results State Parliament () State election, year No. ofoverall votes % of overall vote & ranking No. ofoverall seats won +/– Saxony-Anhalt, 2016 272,496 24.4 (#2) Saxony-Anhalt, 2021 221,487 20.8 (#2) 2 Saxony-Anhalt, 2026 576,037 43.8 (#1) 16
See also AfD Thuringia AfD Saxony AfD Brandenburg AfD Saxony-Anhalt New states of Germany References