Projections based on initial election results in the eastern German state of Brandenburg give the incumbent centre-left Social Democrats a narrow lead over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The projections, released by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF at around 6:30 pm (1630 GMT) on Sunday, gave current Brandenburg state Premier Dietmar Woidke’s SPD 31.2% to 31.8% of the vote. That would be a significant improvement over the SPD’s results in the most recent Brandenburg elections in 2019, when the party got 26.2%. The party also outperformed polls, which showed the SPD with about 27%….