The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took just under 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30%.
Angela Merkel's CDU suffers a regional poll blow
Leading Afd candidate Leif-Erik Holm Source: AAP
Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state.
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