The latest polls showed the far-right Alternative for Germany neck-and-neck with the Social Democrats, which has governed the state continuously since 1990.
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00:00German voters are casting their ballots in the Brandenburg state election.
00:07Around 2 million people are expected to vote in the decisive election,
00:12which could give the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party more parliamentary seats.
00:18The AFD saw landslide wins in Thuringia and Saxony in recent weeks.
00:24The popularity of the controversial group threatens to topple Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats,
00:31which has ruled the state since 1990 reunification.
00:36The rise of the AFD also poses an existential risk to the traffic light coalition in the Bundestag.
00:43Brandenburg Premier Dietmar Wojtke of the SPD party announced his intention to step down if the AFD wins.
00:52In the previous Brandenburg state election, the SPD secured 26% of the votes, followed narrowly by the AFD with 23%.
01:02Polls will close at 6pm on Sunday, with immediate exit polls to follow.