Nationalist party nearly triples share of vote in western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, preliminary results show.
Nationalist AfD nearly triples share of vote in local polls in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, preliminary results show.
By Zaheena Rasheed
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative party has won local elections in the country’s most populous state, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) nearly tripled its share of the vote from five years ago.
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