Germans in the state of Brandenburg were voting in a regional election on Sunday with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) expected to finish first, building on successes in other eastern states and beating Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in one of their traditional strongholds.

Following AfD’s victory in Thuringia, race in one of smallest German states in terms of population becomes focus of attention. ZDF projection puts SPD at 32%, AfD at 29% 17:09 A second exit poll,

The SPD scored 32% of the vote, ahead of the Alternative for Germany on 29 per cent, according to the exit poll