The AfD is ahead in the local elections after the majority of votes have been counted in nine out of ten Saxon districts. Preliminary final results were only available by midday on Monday from the districts of Central Saxony, Meißen, North Saxony and the Erzgebirge and Vogtland districts. In each of these districts, the AfD was ahead of the CDU. The Saxon AfD is classified as right-wing extremist by the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution, but is currently defending itself legally against this.
After 32 of 36 municipalities had been counted, the CDU (29.3 percent) was only ahead of the AfD (28.1 percent) in the district of Zwickau. Five years ago, the CDU had won eight out of ten districts. The counting of votes was interrupted in some constituencies on Sunday night. "The reason is that after the long election day and the time-consuming process of determining the results, some helpers are exhausted and no longer have the necessary concentration." On Sunday evening, the votes for the European elections were counted first.
