section_path: History/Chrupalla and Weidel (2022–present)/State elections in the former East Germany
section_name: State elections in the former East Germany
paragraph_text: State elections in the former East Germany
  
  In the 2024 Thuringian state election, the AfD became the first far-right party in Germany since the Nazi Party to win a plurality of seats in a state election. The AfD also performed strongly in Brandenburg and Saxony.