The party gained unprecedented support in an election in a former West German state
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has reached an electoral milestone outside of its traditional political heartland, the second such achievement in less than a month. The party secured nearly 20% of the vote in regional elections in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
AfD finished third behind Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats – the two parties that have traditionally dominated the political landscape in the state ever since the 1950s.
It achieved the highest result for any third party in the post-war history of Rhineland-Palatinate since no party aside from the two mainstream powerhouses has ever achieved even close to 20% support in regional elections. It more than doubled its result in comparison to the previous regional vote, which was held in 2021.
The AfD also beat its previous record electoral result in the former West Germany, which it achieved just two weeks ago at the regional vote in Baden-Wurttemberg, where it secured nearly 19% of the vote. The developments mark significant gains for the party outside the former East German states, which are its traditional stronghold.
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