An online poll of party members gave 71 per cent of the vote to Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel as the joint leading candidates, the party said.

Chrupalla is AfD party co-chairperson and Weidel is the leader of the party’s parliamentary faction.

In the last elections in 2017, the AfD shocked the political establishment by coming in third, ahead of several other mainstream political parties.

When the Social Democrats went into coalition with chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU conservative bloc, the AfD became the largest political opposition party in the Bundestag.

The AfD is currently polling at around 10-11 per cent ahead of the elections, which are set for September 26.

Berlin (dpa) – Members of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday gave their support to two senior party figures to lead the party into national elections in September.

An online poll of party members gave 71 per cent of the vote to Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel as the joint leading candidates, the party said.

Chrupalla is AfD party co-chairperson and Weidel is the leader of the party’s parliamentary faction.

In the last elections in 2017, the AfD shocked the political establishment by coming in third, ahead of several other mainstream political parties.

When the Social Democrats went into coalition with chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU conservative bloc, the AfD became the largest political opposition party in the Bundestag.

The AfD is currently polling at around 10-11 per cent ahead of the elections, which are set for September 26.