← All storiesPart of Merz fights to hold coalition as AfD gains and Left win reshape German politics
Berlin's state election gave The Left party its highest vote share at 25.7 percent, putting party leader Elif Eralp on track to become the city's first mayor with an immigrant background, while the far-right AfD took 16 percent and won a separate state election in the northeast.
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