German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have suffered a dramatic electoral setback in the key state of Hesse.
Governor Roland Koch, who made immigrant crime an election issue, lost his absolute majority in Hesse's parliament, official results show.
While the CDU might still form a coalition, its vote share was barely above that of the Social Democrat SPD.
But the CDU did retain power in another state, Lower Saxony, as expected.
After taking 48.8% of the vote and an overall majority of seats in 2003, Mr Koch's party won 36.8% on Sunday to the SPD's 36.7% (29.1% in 2003).
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