German voters head to polls as far-right AfD party eyes historic state win Saxony-Anhalt elections could see

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German voters head to polls as far-right AfD party eyes historic state win Saxony-Anhalt elections could see AfD become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since WWII. Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt will head to closely watched polls on Sunday that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II. Recent surveys place AfD at 40 percent, ahead of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at 23 percent.