No majority achieved for AfD candidate Lieschke.

Legislative body convenes for deliberations. - No majority achieved for AfD candidate Lieschke.

The AfD tried numerous times to secure a vice president in the parliament, but all their candidates were rejected by other political groups. Saxony-Anhalt's Constitutional Protection Agency has designated the AfD as being firmly right-wing extremist. Currently, Gunnar Schellenberger (CDU) holds the position of President of the State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. Anne-Marie Keding (CDU) and Wulf Gallert (The Left) serve as his two deputies.

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Despite the AfD's attempts to have a vice president in Parliament following the elections, their candidates' personal details were not accepted by other political groups due to their party's classification as firmly right-wing extremist by Saxony-Anhalt's Constitutional Protection Agency. In the upcoming elections in Saxony-Anhalt, it remains to be seen if the AfD will be able to make progress and possibly influence the parliamentary makeup.

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