The AfD is hoping to overtake the CDU in the state elections in Saxony after all. Party leader Jörg Urban said he was hoping for a "blue miracle" - alluding to a well-known Dresden landmark, the Blaues Wunder bridge over the Elbe. According to initial forecasts, the AfD was only just behind the CDU. At the same time, Urban hoped that the Greens would still miss out on re-entering the state parliament.
According to the projections, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer's CDU achieved 31.6 to 31.9 percent, while the AfD came in at 30.2 to 31.3 percent. The BSW achieves 11.6 to 12.0 percent. The SPD lands at 7.8 to 8.4 percent. The Greens are on the fence with 5.2 to 5.4 percent. With 4.0 to 4.5 percent, the Left Party is just as unlikely to enter the state parliament as the FDP, which was no longer included in the projections.
