'It looks like the Social Democratic party has actually won in Brandenburg'

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00:00It looks like the Social Democratic Party, that's the Chancellor's party, Olaf Scholz's

00:05party, has actually won in Brandenburg.

00:07A couple of exit polls from two of the key broadcasters, ADF and ARD, have come out showing

00:18either 32 or 31% for the SPD, that's the Socialists, and either 29 or 30% for AFD, that's the

00:29far-right party, which has been labelled extremist by some of the states in Germany, by the police

00:37who have been keeping a close watch on them in recent years.

00:41The AFD have already thanked their supporters and called it a victory.

00:45It's not a final result yet.

00:47The head of the SPD in Brandenburg, who's the president of the local regional parliament,

00:55Dietmar Voigtke, who campaigned on a rather cheeky phrase, which means, if you want a

01:03skinhead, vote for Voigtke, and his board and the skinhead references to the typical

01:09supporter of the far-right.

01:12He hasn't claimed victory as such, but he has told jubilant supporters to curb their

01:18enthusiasm because the results aren't final yet, but it's quite clear that there is major

01:23relief in the SPD camp tonight, believing that they probably have just pipped the AFD

01:32at the post, which certainly is good news for Chancellor Schultz's coalition, but it's

01:37not smooth sailing ahead, and there are general elections in September next year in which

01:42the AFD will be fighting very hard to really push the SPD and other parties to up their vote.

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