Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where the anti-immigrant A f D performs far better than in the west. That made this election a test of whether the SPD could beat the populists on its home ground.

The SPD won 30.9% of the vote, while the AfD came second with 29.2% - The Bundesrat (BSW) and the Christian Democrats are the other two parties entering parliament

Scholz's Social Democrats celebrate likely winover far right in German state vote:: Potsdam, Germany:::: Dietmar Woidke, Social Democrat, Brandenburg State Premier“When an openly, in big parts and overall openly right-wing extremist party in our state scores around 30% of votes,