Frauke Petry, chairwoman of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) gives interviews after a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
BERLIN (Reuters) - The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party finished a distant fourth with just 7.8 percent of the vote in local elections on Sunday in Lower Saxony state - a week after beating Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in an eastern region.
The AfD had shocked Merkel last Sunday by winning 20.8 percent in a state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with her Christian Democrats (CDU) falling to third with 19 percent. That rout had sparked renewed criticism of her pro-refugee course.
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