FILE PHOTO: AfD's federal spokesman Tino Chrupalla delivers a speech during the final election campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt state election at the Domplatz in Magdeburg, Germany June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a resounding victory in a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday, in a boost to Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed her in September's national election.
An exit poll from the Saxony-Anhalt election for public broadcaster MDR had the Christian Democrats (CDU) on 36%, up more than 6 points on five years ago, and far ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), who were on 22.5%, slightly down on the previous election.
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