Germany has avoided having a far-right party as the strongest force in a second state on Sunday, just weeks the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party in post-war history to win an election. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) achieved a narrow election victory over the far-right AfD in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, according to preliminary results. Brandenburg’s incumbent SPD premier, Dietmar Woidke, who has led the state for 11 years, claimed another term with 30.9% of the vote, while the AfD came in at 29.2%, according to provisional offici…