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# AfD Wins Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Its Second State Victory in Two Weeks
- URL: https://www.theglobalvoice.com/afd-wins-mecklenburg-western-pomerania-its-second-state-victory-in-two-weeks/
- Published: 2026-09-21T04:14:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T04:14:17.000Z
- Description: The AfD has won 38.2% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, securing its second state-election victory in two weeks after taking Saxony-Anhalt. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU fell below the 5% threshold, while other parties continue to rule out governing with the AfD.
- Author: TGV Desk
- Tags: Germany, europe, politics, Top Stories, The Day So Far, has-audio

Germany’s Alternative for Germany has finished first in the state election in [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania](https://www.theglobalvoice.com/berlin-and-mecklenburg-vote-as-afd-surge-tests-germanys-political-centre/), giving the party its second state-level victory in just two weeks and extending its rapid rise across eastern Germany.

Preliminary official results put the AfD on 38.2% of the vote, ahead of the governing Social Democrats on 35.5%. The Left Party received 6.5% and the Greens 5.7%, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union fell to just 4.9%, below the threshold required to enter the state parliament. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance also missed the cutoff with 4.8%.

The result gives the AfD 32 seats in the 71-member parliament, compared with 29 for the SPD and five each for the Left and Greens. Despite finishing first, the AfD is unlikely to form the next government because the other parties continue to rule out coalition agreements with it. An SPD-Left-Green coalition would have a parliamentary majority, leaving incumbent state premier Manuela Schwesig with a possible route to remain in office despite her party finishing second.

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The vote comes only two weeks after the [AfD won 43.8% in neighbouring Saxony-Anhalt,](https://www.theglobalvoice.com/afd-wins-historic-victory-in-saxony-anhalt-falls-just-short-of-majority/) more than doubling its previous share and finishing far ahead of the CDU. There too, it fell short of the seats needed to govern alone and faces the same refusal by other major parties to cooperate with it.

For Merz, the Mecklenburg result is especially damaging at the party level. The CDU’s 4.9% is its worst performance in any German state election since the Federal Republic was founded and leaves it outside the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania parliament. Merz described the outcome as a “disaster” but said he would remain chancellor and continue with his government’s economic and social reform programme.

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The AfD has built much of its recent support around opposition to immigration, criticism of Germany’s climate and energy policies, calls for closer economic ties with Russia and opposition to further military support for Ukraine. Economic frustration has also played heavily into recent state campaigns, with voters citing high energy prices, weak growth and concerns about public services.

The same day produced a very different result in Berlin, where the Left Party won 25.3% and displaced the CDU from first place. The AfD nevertheless recorded its strongest-ever result in the capital with around 16%.

Taken together, the elections underline how sharply Germany’s party system is fragmenting. The AfD is now the largest party in two eastern states, while the Left has taken first place in Berlin and the traditional centre-right and centre-left parties are losing ground.

The immediate question in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is not who won the most votes but whether Germany’s longstanding refusal by other major parties to govern with the AfD will once again leave the election winner outside government.