BERLIN (Reuters) - The eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party looked set to win seats in its first western regional assembly in a vote in the city-state of Hamburg on Sunday where Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered big losses, exit polls showed.
An exit poll on German public broadcaster ZDF showed the anti-bailout AfD on 5.5 percent, just above the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the state parliament.
The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on 46.5 percent, a result which would allow them to retain power in one of their traditional strongholds. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) came a distant second on 16 percent, their worst result in the northern port city since World War Two.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin; Editing by Noah Barkin)
