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The 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election will be held in 2026 to elect the 9th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | AfD | Linke | SPD | FDP | Grüne | BSW | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSA | 21–28 Oct 2024 | 1,000 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| INSA | 24 Jun – 5 Jul 2024 | 1,000 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | Tie |
| INSA | 3–11 Jun 2024 | 1,000 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| EP election | 9 Jun 2024 | – | 22.8 | 30.5 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 7.7 |
| INSA | 10–17 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 21–29 Jan 2024 | 1,000 | 28.5 | 27.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 23 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 34.5 | 32.5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5.5 | – | 9.5 | 2 | |||
| INSA | 16–23 Oct 2023 | 1,000 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | – | 9 | 1 |
| INSA | 21–26 Jun 2023 | 1,000 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | – | 10 | 2 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 16–28 May 2023 | 732 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | – | 5 | 11 |
| INSA | 6–13 Mar 2023 | 1,000 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | – | 7 | 9 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 6–13 Jan 2023 | 982 | 31.5 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – | 10.5 | 5.5 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 7–15 Jun 2022 | 1,000 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | – | 9 | 10 |
| Infratest dimap | 17–22 Feb 2022 | 1,161 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 5 | – | 9 | 13 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 13–21 Feb 2022 | 1,005 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 6.5 | 5 | – | 7.5 | 13 |
| 2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 21.0 | 19.6 | 9.6 | 25.4 | 9.5 | 6.5 | – | 8.4 | 4.4 |
| 2021 state election | 6 Jun 2021 | – | 37.1 | 20.8 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | – | 10.4 | 16.3 |
The House of Ascania was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt.
Saxony-Anhalt is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of 20,451.7 square kilometres (7,896.4 sq mi) and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Its capital and most populous city is Magdeburg.
The Duchy of Anhalt was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House of Ascania, and is now part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
A Verbandsgemeinde is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns.
The Mulde is a river in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Elbe and is 124 kilometres (77 mi) long.
Wittenberg is a district in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Roßlau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony. The capital and largest city is Wittenberg, famous for its association with the influential religious reformer Martin Luther and containing a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag, the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, shortened to MDR, is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Established in January 1991, its headquarters are in Leipzig, with regional studios in Dresden, Erfurt and Magdeburg. MDR is a member of the ARD consortium of public broadcasters in Germany.
Central Germany is an economic and cultural region in Germany. Its exact borders depend on context, but it is often defined as being a region within the federal states of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, or a smaller part of this region, such as the metropolitan area of Leipzig and Halle plus the surrounding counties.
The Landesliga is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
Börde is a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Its seat is the town Haldensleben. It takes its name from the natural region Magdeburg Börde. It is the site of the Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.
Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is 1,434.2 km2 (553.7 sq mi). It is bounded by the districts Kyffhäuserkreis (Thuringia), Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig and Burgenlandkreis. The district-free city of Halle is surrounded by the Saalekreis.
The Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt is the parliament of the German federal state Saxony-Anhalt. It convenes in Magdeburg and currently consists of 97 members of six parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party, Free Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.
The Saxony-Anhalt Cup is an annual football cup competition in Saxony-Anhalt. The Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt is its governing body. All non-professional sides that are members of the FSA may participate. Winners of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup will start in the first round of the DFB Cup. The cup final was played in Paul Greifzu Stadium in Dessau from 1998 to 2005. Since then it has been played in Schönebeck (Elbe) in 2006, and in the newly built Stadion Magdeburg since 2007. The cup is played in a one-leg mode, with extra time and penalty shoot-out when necessary. The teams share the revenue from the respective matches, and in the cup final, the Football Association also receives a share. The cup has been played since 1991. Record winners are 1. FC Magdeburg with 12 titles, two of which were won by the club's reserve team. It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany.
Sven Schulze is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff since 2021. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2021.
Jan Wenzel Schmidt is a German politician for the AfD and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet. Schmidt is member of the right-wing extremist AfD state association Saxony-Anhalt.
The politics of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt take place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Saxony-Anhalt. The three main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the left-wing Left Party.
