Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is on track to become the first far-right party to win a regional election in the country since World War Two, two exit polls show, but was almost certain to be excluded from power by rival parties.
The AfD was projected to win 33.1 percent of the vote in the state of Thuringia, comfortably ahead of the conservatives’ 24.3 percent, exit polls by broadcasters ZDF and ARD showed on Sunday.
In the neighbouring state of Saxony, the conservatives led on 31.9 percent, just half a percentage point ahead of the AfD.
The left populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which like the AfD demands sharper controls on immigration and wants to stop arming Ukraine, came third in both states, though significantly underperformed earlier polls.
Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin.
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