German Chancellor Merkel leads the state election

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BERLIN, 7 June, 2021 (TON): German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Angela’s lead in the polls is a big morale booster for the conservatives ahead of the polls that ought to be held in September.

The CDU garnered 36 percent of the votes up by 6.2 percent compared to the last state election, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) got 22.5 per cent.

The Left Party received 11 per cent of the votes and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) got 8.5 per cent, according to the poll.

Saxony-Anhalt's CDU leader Sven Schulze said the result was "very, very gratifying", expressing gratitude to the voters for giving the party a "clear government mandate".

The preliminary result was seen as a great relief for the ruling CDU as polls ahead of the election had predicted AfD was neck-and-neck with CDU, which is currently led by Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia.

 

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