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Far-right candidate Jörg Prophet was beaten by the outgoing mayor of Nordhausen in the second round of voting. The incumbent Kai Buchmann, without a label, made an unexpected comeback and finally won with 54.9% of the vote. The election had double symbolic value in a context of strong surge of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the polls. The AfD is second nationally (22%) ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday lost a tight mayoral race where the party had been tipped to secure the office of city mayor for the first time.

AfD candidate Joerg Prophet was defeated by independent incumbent Kai Buchmann in a run-off vote that put the spotlight on the city of Nordhausen in the former East German state of Thuringia.

A populist far-right politician is the front-runner in a mayoral race Sunday in the German city of Nordhausen, best known as the location of the Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. Joerg Prophet of the Alternative for Germany party, won 42.1% of the vote in the first round of the election earlier this month. His opponent, independent…

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