AfD calls its performance in Brandenburg ‘huge success’ but Social Democratic party projected to take the lead. Summary of the evening 20:08 Germany’s Social Democratic party (SPD) appears to have narrowly won an election in the state of Brandenburg,

The premier of the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, has described the performance of his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in Sunday's state elections as a great success. "We have made up ground like never before in the history of our state,

Exit polls in Brandenburg, where a battle between the Social Democrats and the far-right Alternative for Germany was expected to take place, show a lead for the SPD. In particular, the results from the exit polls outside the polling stations in the German state give the SPD 31 percent and the AfD 30 percent.