As the Social Democrats have managed to edge ahead of the AfD in the Brandenburg vote, we look at the big winners and losers and what happens next.

STORY: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears to have fended off a far right victory in his home state on Sunday.Early exit polls showed Sholz's Social Democrats (SDP) scored almost 31% of the vote in the Brandburg state election over Alternative for Germany (AfD),

Social Democrats came in first with 30.9%, just ahead of the far-right AfD's 29.2% SPD will seek talks with the left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht alliance party, which came in third Brandenburg's election had record-high voter turnout.