The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) appear headed for a narrow election victory over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, according to initial projected results. If the projections prove correct, the election would be a remarkable bounce back for Brandenburg’s incumbent SPD premier, Dietmar Woidke, who has led the state for 11 years and appears set to claim another term. Opinion polls weeks ahead of the vote showed the SPD trailing the AfD by as many as six percentage points. Woidke currently leads a coalition government with the Greens and…