Right-wing AfD party set to win a state election for first time in Germany: exit poll

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A far-right party has won a regional election in Germany for the first time since the Second World War.

Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in 2013 with an anti-migration and eurosceptic agenda, picked up the most votes in the eastern state of Thuringia.

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The party won 32.8% of the vote, followed by mainstream conservatives the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 23.6%.

It is the first time a far-right party has won the most seats in a German state parliament since the Second World War.

news.sky.com/story/germany-far-right-afd-party-set-to-win-state-election-for-first-time-13207930


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