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| Angela Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow' | |
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| Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state, TV exit polls suggest. | |
| The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30.5%. | |
| The German chancellor's CDU was supported by only 19% of those who voted, according to the exit polls. | |
| The vote was seen as a key test before German parliamentary elections in 2017. | |
| Before the vote in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, all of Germany's other parties ruled out forming a governing coalition with the AfD. | |
| However, the party's strong showing could weaken Mrs Merkel ahead of the national elections next year. | |
| 'Rapefugee' message in Rostock as AfD challenges Merkel | |
| Germany jolted by AfD success | |
| Is Merkel really on the ropes? | |
| Profile: AfD leader Frauke Petry | |
| Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the former East Germany, is where the chancellor's own constituency is located. | |
| Under her leadership, Germany has been taking in large numbers of refugees and migrants - 1.1 million last year - and anti-immigrant feeling has increased. | |
| The AfD, initially an anti-euro party, has become the party of choice for voters dismayed by Mrs Merkel's policy. | |
| The CDU has been the junior coalition partner in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania since 2006. Its 19% in the election is its worst ever result in the state, German broadcasters said. |