Overview

• The legal status of AfD Düsseldorf’s candidate list remains unresolved after the July 7 submission deadline passed without a definitive ruling.
• A state arbitration court found that the June re-election of the Reserveliste breached intraparty democratic rules, yet the new vote went ahead.
• Local executives had annulled the list chosen in November 2024 and held a contested party conference to install a replacement list.
• The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s classification of the AfD as “gesichert rechtsextrem” remains stayed pending an expedited court review in Cologne.
• The Düsseldorf election officer’s upcoming decision will determine whether the AfD can appear on the September 14 municipal ballot.