Merkel's conservatives see off far-right challenge to win state poll
- World
- DPA
- Published Date: 07:42 | 06 June 2021
- Modified Date: 07:42 | 06 June 2021
Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) under Premier Reiner Haseloff in the small eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt won 35 per cent, according to exit poll projections, significantly higher than the 29.8-per-cent vote it scored in the last year election in 2016.
After a neck-and-neck race with the CDU during the election campaign, the AfD saw its support slip to 23.5 per cent from the 24.3 per cent it reached in the state election five years ago.
However, it remains the second-biggest bloc in Saxony-Anhalt's parliament.
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