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AfD politician Hagen Kohl (second from right) in the state parliament in Magdeburg
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The AfD member of the state parliament Hagen Kohl failed for the time being in the election for vice-president in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.
Kohl missed the required majority of the votes cast twice in two ballots with 44 and 43 yes votes respectively.
The AfD has 23 of 97 members of parliament and was therefore dependent on support from other parliamentary groups.
After the failed ballots, the AfD parliamentary group wanted to have its personnel proposal voted a third time.
However, at the request of the black-red-yellow coalition, the other five parliamentary groups voted to remove the issue from the agenda.
Kohl was already the third applicant for the AfD
The left, the SPD and the Greens had announced before the state parliament meeting that they would vote against Kohl.
The members of the FDP wanted to abstain from the secret election or also to vote against Kohl.
The vote had been approved in the CDU - there had been heavy criticism.
The cause had become the first stress test of the ruling German coalition made up of the CDU, SPD and FDP.
The AfD could propose another candidate for the next state parliament meeting in November.
Parliamentary group leader Oliver Kirchner told the MDR on Thursday evening that he assumed that there would be a third ballot with cabbage.
Kohl was already the third applicant for the AfD.
The previously proposed candidates Matthias Büttner from Staßfurt and Matthias Lieschke had also not received approval from the other parliamentary groups in the past few weeks.
anr / dpa