Reportedly according to an exit poll, that is a sample of voters asked on exiting the voting station, Angela Merkel’s conservative, Christian Democrats got 36% of votes in the east German by-election of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The reportedly anti eu Alternative for Germany got 22.5 % of votes. Around 40 % of votes were unaccounted for.
Socialism was reportedly outlawed during the second reich which followed the german peasant wars. A general election is planned for the end of September. The state of Saxony-Anhalt has an influential past. Wittenberg contains the birth place of Martin Luther, the Augustinian friary where he was educated and lived, Wittenberg Castle and several other buildings surrounded with events of the reformation.