Azerbaijan's ruling party was on course for the narrowest of victories on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election called by President Ilham Aliyev, according to an exit poll.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will claim a clear victory in state parliamentary elections in the German state of Thuringia, well ahead of the second-place conservative Christian Democrats (CDU),

According to exit polls far-right party leading in one German state election, nearly level with conservatives in another.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party looks set for weak results while far-right Alternative for Germany is on track to become the strongest party in the state of Thuringia, exit polling shows.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. 76,169 voters across the country took part in the exit poll conducted by the leading Italian SWG S.p.A. research company in the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, and the non-response rate among respondents was below 5 percent, Rado Fonda said, head of the research department of SWG S.p.A. Trend reports.

Azerbaijan's ruling party was on course for a single-seat majority on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election called by President Ilham Aliyev, according to an exit poll. The poll, conducted by Oracle Advisory Group,

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