AfD leader Chrupalla votes at polling station in eastern Saxony

Federal AfD chairman Tino Chrupalla cast his vote in the Bundestag elections on Sunday morning at a polling station in Gablenz in eastern Saxony. He expressed confidence that his party would achieve "a very strong result of over 20 percent". The AfD will win a large number of direct mandates, especially in the east. "I think that is a clear political statement from citizens and voters." The co-chair of the AfD, Alice Weidel, had opted for postal voting.