German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats narrowly beat the far-right AfD in a state election Sunday in the formerly communist east, a rare bit of good news for his party.

The Social Democrats, the party of Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, have narrowly seen off a challenge by the far-Right AfD party in the eastern state of Brandenburg, early results suggest.

AfD calls its performance in Brandenburg ‘huge success’ but Social Democratic party projected to take the lead. Summary of the evening 20:08 Germany’s Social Democratic party (SPD) appears to have narrowly won an election in the state of Brandenburg,