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2025-02-23 Europe

German election: Exit polls say CDU/CSU leads with 29%

[DW] Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc has secured some 29% of the votes, emerging as the largest party ahead of the far-right AfD with around 19.5%. Follow DW for live updates.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Polls opened at 8 a.m. (0700 UTC) and closed at 6 p.m.

Exit polls put CDU/CSU at 29%, the right-wing populist AfD at around 19.5%, and Chancellor Scholz's SPD at 16%

The AfD is shunned by other parties and expected to be left out of government

The snap election was triggered by the collapse of a three-way coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz' center-left SPD

CDU candidate Friedrich Merz could become the next chancellor and choose to form a coalition with the SPD and/or the environmentalist Greens

Here are the latest developments on Germany's parliamentary election on Sunday, February 23, 2025, along with the essential background and explainers.

Update courtesy of Fred at 2:30 p.m. ET

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🇩🇪 Germany exit polls:

- Incumbent chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD had its worst-ever result and received approx 16.5% of the vote

- Friedrich Merz’s CDU party are projected to win with approx 30% of the vote

- AfD received a historic number of votes and are projected to come in… pic.twitter.com/saffZzrTVb
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#BREAKING German election winner Friedrich Merz rules out coalition with far-right AfD party pic.twitter.com/RIt7GDPYWl
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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-23 11:59|| || Front Page|| [11206 views ] Top
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#1 It's CDU/CSU + SPD + Greens

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-23 14:45|| 2025-02-23 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 The 16.5% for the SPD is the worst they've done post WWII, i.e., in the Bundestag era where they were over 40% in 1998.

It is also worse than they ever did in the pre WWII Reichstag era.

However, in the pre WWI era they were below 16.5% in 1887 and prior years.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-02-23 14:50|| 2025-02-23 14:50|| Front Page Top

#3 They can leave out the AFD this time if they want, but if they don’t change policy to what the people want, they are renting their leadership position.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-02-23 15:27|| 2025-02-23 15:27|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^^^

They don't care. They are practicing the definition of insanity.

Posted by Crusader 2025-02-23 22:45|| 2025-02-23 22:45|| Front Page Top

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