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AfD is projected to take more than 40% in the Sept. 6 Saxony-Anhalt state election

A win would be the first by a far-right party in a German state election since World War II.

Polls put Alternative for Germany above 40% in the eastern state before the Sept. 6 vote. A win would make it the first far-right party to take a German state election since 1945. Protesters marched against the party in the days before the ballot.