Exit Poll: Scholz's party suffers from debacles, AfD wins elections in German state of Turingia

The far-right AfD party today won state elections in the eastern German state of Turingia with 30.5 per cent of the vote, according to the political exit, marking the party's first victory in the state elections.

Almost five million people had the right to vote for the new state parliaments in German eastern states of Saxonia and Turingia on Sunday (September 1st), writes dw.

In the smallest state of Turingia, The far-right IfD (The Sovereign Nations Europe) won the first state election ever in German history with 30.5 per cent of the vote, according to public broadcaster exit polls ARD.

Second place, according to the polar ex, was the centre-right CDU (EPP) with 24.5 per cent of the vote, ahead of the new left-wing populist BSW party with 16 per cent.

The leftist party of current state Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow, who has so far governed a minority government with Social Democrats and greens, lost more than half of its votes compared to previous elections in 2019, securing only 12.5 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD (S&D) won 7 per cent, while their national coalition partners -- the Green and the Liberal FDP -- failed to win enough votes to be represented in the next state parliament.