The German party hopes to make Saxony-Anhalt a showcase for its ideas on immigration, education, culture and demographics.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, winning 44% of the vote. But the anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party fell three seats short of an absolute majority,

The "extraordinary" result may be the "most consequential German state-election result of the postwar era," according to analysts.

The far-right party won 44 percent of the vote in elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Alternative for Germany failed to secure an absolute majority in the state legislature to govern alone and overcome the so-called firewall of mainstream parties' refusal to work with AfD.

Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory