7 candidates from "far right" German party AfD recently died ahead of local election. Police say "no foul play detected"

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Germany's far-right AfD suffers series of candidate deaths ahead of local vote​

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Image caption,The AfD is hoping to treble its vote in Germany's most populous state
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Author,Paul Kirby
Role,Europe digital editor
2 September 2025

As many as six candidates for Germany's far-right AfD have died in recent weeks ahead of local elections in the big western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Police have made clear there is no evidence of foul play in the deaths, but it means that new ballots will have to be printed and some postal voters will have to recast their ballots.

North Rhine-Westphalia has a population of 18 million and a reported 20,000 candidates will run for office in its 14 September local elections.

The number of deaths has nevertheless raised questions on social media. The state's interior ministry has pointed out that candidates from other parties, including the Greens and Social Democrats, have also died.

The AfD became Germany's second biggest party in February's federal elections, spreading from its eastern heartland to areas of the west too.

The domestic spy agency classified it as a right-wing extremist organisation in May, before placing a pause on that description due to an appeal pending in court. In three eastern states, its AfD associations are still listed as extremist.

Initial reports centred on news that four of its candidates had died, and then the deaths of two reserve candidates also emerged, prompting a flurry of conspiracy theories on social media.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel made no effort to quash the speculation, reposting a claim by retired economist Stefan Homburg that the number of candidates' deaths was "statistically almost impossible".

However, asked about the rumours in his party, the AfD's number two figure in North Rhine-Westphalia, Kay Gottschalk, acknowledged on Tuesday that "what I have in front of me - but that's just partial information - that doesn't back up these suspicions at the moment".

He told Politico's Berlin Playbook Podcast that his party wanted the cases to be investigated "without immediately getting into conspiracy-theory territory". He said they had to tread carefully with the families concerned as they had lost a family member.

Police told Germany's DPA news agency that the four initial deaths were either from natural causes or the cause was not being divulged for reasons of family privacy. The two further deaths have been similarly described.

AfD strategists are hoping for gains in North Rhine-Westphalia's local elections, which are seen as the first test of voters since the new federal government came to power.

In the last state elections in May 2022, the AfD polled just 5.4% in a region that is home to Germany's industrial heartland in the Ruhr valley and has suffered from steep job losses.

The AfD polled 16.8% in the state in federal elections last February and polls suggest the party could almost match those numbers.

The party has found support among several leading US figures on the right who have accused the German government of trying to suppress the AfD through bureaucracy.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who endorsed the far-right party's migration policies earlier this year, has repeated his support for the AfD in recent days.
"Either Germany votes AfD, or it is the end of Germany," he claimed.

 

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Social media rife with conspiracy theories after 16 candidates die ahead of German local elections​

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By Euronews
Published on 05/09/2025 - 16:30 GMT+2

State police looking into the initial four deaths, which were announced on 1 September, told the German Press Agency (dpa) that there was no evidence of any third party involvement.​

The election supervisor in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has told the media that the authority is aware of 16 candidates dying in the run-up to this month's local elections.

Elections will take place in the state on 14 September and voters will choose district, municipal and city councils, as well as mayors in most cities and district administrators.

But election officials say they are not concerned by the number of deaths and don't consider it significantly high.

But speculation has been rife on social media due to the rising number of deaths among candidates representing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

At the beginning of September, four candidates for the AfD were reported dead, and just days later that tally had risen to seven.

AfD co-chair Alice Weidel shared the news in a post on the social media platform X saying only, "Four AfD candidates dead."

The initial four deaths were among candidates representing the towns of Bad Lippspringe, Blomberg, Rheinberg and Schwerte.

No evidence of foul play, police say​

State police looking into the initial four deaths, which were announced on 1 September, told the German Press Agency (dpa) that there was no evidence of any third party involvement.

Only in one case was an official investigation launched which didn’t uncover any evidence of foul play.

The other three fatalities were determined to have died in circumstances that were not deemed suspicious.

Of the candidates whose deaths were announced on 2 September, one died of kidney failure while the other committed suicide.

On 3 September, the AfD branch in Remscheid told Politico that their candidate for Kremenholl was an 80-year-old who died of natural causes after a long illness.

Kay Gottschalk, the AfD state vice-president, said on Politico’s "Berlin Playbook" podcast that there was no reason to view the deaths as anything other than a coincidence.

Nevertheless, it is planned to examine the cases "without immediately getting into conspiracy theory territory," he said.

North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany’s third-largest state by area and has a population of more than 18 million.

More than 20,000 people are running for seats in the state.

 

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