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SPD relieved as exit polls indicate narrow lead in Brandenburg state election
euronews (in English)
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22/09/2024
The latest projections at 8pm on Sunday indicate that the ruling SPD maintains its narrow lead on the far-right AfD, but its leader urged members to “put on the euphoria brakes” until the final results are clear.
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The exit polls for the East German state of Brandenburg have just come in.
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In first place is Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party, the Social Democrats.
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Following closely behind is the far-right party, Alternative for Germany.
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Another big winner is the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance,
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who is coming in third place, beating the Christian Democrats who are in fourth place.
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The biggest losers of this election in Brandenburg so far have been
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the Greens and the Linker, who may not have managed to get the 5% threshold
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to get a seat in the state parliament.
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Minister President in Brandenburg, Dietmar Voigtka, who has been leading
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for the past 11 years, staked his entire career on this vote,
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saying that if the Social Democrats, the SPD, did not come in first position,
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he would step down. But it seems like his gamble has paid off.
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Liv Stroud, in Potsdam, for Euronews.
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