Editing East Germany (section)

=== Electoral consequences ===
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The divide between the East and the West can be seen in contemporary German elections. The left-wing populist [[The Left (Germany)|Die Linke]] party (which has roots in the SED) continues to have a stronghold and occasionally wins a plurality in the east, such as in the state of [[Thuringia]] where it remains one of the major parties.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |date=6 February 2020 |title=Why is everyone in Germany talking about Thuringia and AfD? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-everyone-in-germany-talking-about-thuringia-and-afd/a-52277013 |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The region also sees disproportionate support for the [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD), a right-wing populist party, particularly in the state of [[Saxony]] and [[Thuringia]]. This is in stark distinction to the west where the more centrist parties such as the [[CDU/CSU]], [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]], [[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]], and the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] dominate.

The far-right [[National Democratic Party of Germany]] (NPD) was represented in the [[Landtag of the Free State of Saxony|Saxon State Parliament]] from [[2004 Saxony state election|2004]] to [[2014 Saxony state election|2014]]. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the NPD was represented from [[2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election|2006]] to [[2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election|2016]].