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The ruling centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have won Sunday’s vote in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, according to preliminary results. Incumbent Brandenburg state premier Dietmar Woidke’s SPD took 30.9% of the vote, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in at 29.2%, according to provisional official results from the state electoral commission. The upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) received 13.5% while the centre-right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), which is in the current state coalition government, received 12.1%. The Greens, who are curre…

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