Urgent: Right-wing AfD soars in elections in Germany's two eastern states

BERLIN, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday made big gains in parliamentary elections in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony, according to initial results published by local media ARD.

AfD won 22.5 percent of the votes in Brandenburg and 27.5 percent in Saxony, a sharp increase from 12.2 percent and 9.7 percent respectively in the two states five years ago. Enditem