Die Linke Takes Berlin as the AfD Sweeps East Germany

Things are falling apart in Germany, and the centre no longer holds.

This has become abundantly clear in the country’s latest round of regional elections in September 2026 , which saw voters heading to the polls in three Länder. In East Germany, the far-right AfD celebrated unprecedented victories, winning a staggering 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt and 38.2 percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

There is a realistic chance that the AfD will field the next state premier in Saxony-Anhalt, which would make it the first time a far-right party governs a German state since the end of the Second World War.

But in a rare moment of hope for democratic socialists, Die Linke emerged as a winner in the third election of the day, held in the capital of Berlin. Die Linke had campaigned on cost of living more generally and the rising cost of rent in particular, and doubled its vote share, securing 25.7 percent of the vote, the highest share Die Linke has won in Berlin’s post-reunification history.

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