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Provisional election results in the eastern German state of Saxony have been corrected, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) now projected to receive one seat fewer in the next state parliament. Saxony’s electoral commission said on Monday morning that a software error was to blame for the incorrect calculation of seats based on preliminary results from Sunday’s vote. That means the AfD will in fact not hold a so-called blocking minority of more than a third of seats in Saxony’s parliament, which would have given the party an effective veto over certain legislation and judicial app…

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