German farri right party leads exit polls in state elections alternative for Germany success in Thia represents a huge win for a party that was only launched in 2013 Germany's far right is on course to win the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazis in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf scholes ruling Center left Coalition projections from public broadcasters Ard and CDF based on exit poll suggest that the anti-immigration Nationalist party alternative for Germany or afd has finished first in the East German state of Thia securing about 31 to 33% of the vote the Christian Democratic party Germany's second largest party finished second with 24.5% of the votes in theia scholz's Social Democratic party appears to have cleared the 5% threshold needed to make it into the state parliaments in Saxony another East German state in the heart of what was once communist East Germany the afd has 30 to 31% of the vote putting it neck and neck with the CDU which is 31.5 to 32% of the vote according to projection polls all other parties have vowed not to form coalitions with the afd so it remains to be seen whether the party will be able to win any real governing power but afd's success in Thia represents a huge when nonetheless for a party that was only launched in 2013 and the results make Grim reading for scholes who will seek re-election in 12 months time with his party now pulling behind a galvanized afd