German voters have delivered another stinging blow to the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) in regional elections for the western state of Saarland.
The region - until recently an SPD stronghold - remains in the hands of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), who polled 47.5 percent of the vote, according to the BBC.
The SPD received 30.8 percent of the vote. Its support fell by one third.
The result comes after the SPD's worst electoral result for several years i...
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