"The AfD is the clear winner of the state election ..."
Obviously I realise you qualify that with the rest of the sentence, but have you been taking lessons in promoting the far right from the BBC?
The clear winner came third, and was nowhere close to winning?
Did they come first? er no that'd be the greens with 30.2% ; second? er no, that'd be the CDU with 29.7% ; third , well yes (18.8%) but it was hardly close, and you have a strange idea of winning.