Exit polls: Far-right AfD ahead of rivals in Thuringia and on course for major gains in Saxony

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Exit polls: far-right AfD is in the lead in Thuringia, the first time for a German far-right party since 1945, and on course for major gains in Saxony.

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00:00Hello and good evening from Erfurt in Thuringia. I am here at a anti-right-wing protest that is

00:07going on just outside the Thuringia state parliament. The exit polls were just announced.

00:13The AFD has come out the strongest party in Thuringia followed by the Christian Democrats

00:18which is the centre-right party. Over in Saxon the CDU is leading followed by the far-right

00:23alternative for Germany. The Sarra-Wagenknecht alliance which is the new far-left party that

00:28was only established this year has performed particularly well in both Thuringia and Saxony.

00:34The most surprising result of the night so far has been that Die Linke didn't perform as badly

00:39as expected and has managed to get seats in both Saxony and Thuringia. The party's main coalition

00:46the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals also didn't perform as badly in Saxony as expected.

00:53Voter turnout was much higher than 2019 and it seems that the voters wanted to send a very

00:59strong message to the current coalition government. Liv Stroud in Erfurt for Euronews.

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