Initial exit polls give the centre – right Christian Democrats ( CDU ) a narrow lead over the far – right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) in parliamentary elections in the eastern German state of Saxony . Projections from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF forecast the CDU to finish with nearly a third of the vote in Saxony , while the AfD was forecast to finish between 0 . 5 and 1 . 5 percentage points behind . The upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance ( BSW ), which has campaigned on a mix of left – wing economic policy and right – wing messages on immigration , is forecast to finish third . dpa and vrb xxde bst era

Source: The Namibia News Agency