Germany: Far-right AfD wins first state vote since WWII
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The far-right AfD won the election in Thuringia, securing 32.8% of the vote, preliminary results showed after all votes were counted.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came second, winning 23.6%.
The upstart, left-wing party Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was third with 15.8% of the vote.
Germany’s ruling coalition parties, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), the environmentalist Greens and business-focused Free Democrats (FDP), received a drubbing at the polls.
The SPD managed to make it into the state legislature with a mere 6.1% of the vote, but the Greens and the FDP failed to meet the 5% threshold.
In Saxony, the CDU emerged victorious with 31.9%, while the AfD came a close second securing 30.6% of the vote. The BSW was third with 11.8%.
