SPD relieved as exit polls indicate narrow lead in Brandenburg state election

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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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00:00The exit polls for the East German state of Brandenburg have just come in.

00:08In first place is Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party, the Social Democrats.

00:12Following closely behind is the far-right party, Alternative for Germany.

00:16Another big winner is the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance,

00:20who is coming in third place, beating the Christian Democrats who are in fourth place.

00:24The biggest losers of this election in Brandenburg so far have been

00:28the Greens and the Linker, who may not have managed to get the 5% threshold

00:32to get a seat in the state parliament.

00:36Minister President in Brandenburg, Dietmar Voigtka, who has been leading

00:40for the past 11 years, staked his entire career on this vote,

00:44saying that if the Social Democrats, the SPD, did not come in first position,

00:48he would step down. But it seems like his gamble has paid off.

00:52Liv Stroud, in Potsdam, for Euronews.

00:58Euronews.com

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