Analysis-Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate

FILE PHOTO: German The Left (Die Linke) party leader Heidi Reichinnek speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, after Christian Democratic Party (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown, in Berlin, Germany, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled by its increasingly tough stance on migration, however, he cast his vote on Sunday for the far-left Left Party.

The successor to East Germany's Communist Party on Sunday scored 8.8% in Germany's federal election, its best result in years, despite a split led by former leader Sahra Wagenknecht, who launched her own BSW party last year.