Exit polls in the German elections 2025 are given by Merz Conservatives to lead and constantly put the right to the strongest post -war show
German voters They have selected a new direction in key federal elections that will reshape the political landscape of the country.
Exit polls show that the opposing leader of Friedrich Merz is the right party of the Christian Democratic Union leading votes on the far right Alternative to Germany A party that goes towards the strongest portrayal of the far right since World War II.
Merz quickly asked for victory, saying that he was aware of the dimension of the task he was facing and said that “it will not be easy.”
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose three -page coalition collapsed in November, admitted defeat.
Exit polls for ARD and ZDF Public Television show Scholz-a-Li’s Social Democrats on the way to their worst post-war result result in national parliamentary elections and are expected to be in third place.
Polls, performed immediately after the last polling stations closed, put support from the Merz Bloc Union at 28.5-29% and an alternative for Germany, or AFD, at 19.5-20%-doubling the result from 2021.
They were supporting Scholz’s Social Democrats with 16-16.5%, far lower than in the last elections. The green environment was 13.5%.
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Out of three smaller parties, a single left-wing left-wing party-it seemed sure that she would win seats in parliament with 8.5-9% of the vote. Two other parties, Pro-Business without Democrats and Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, were around the threshold of support of 5% needed to win the place.
Whether Merz, which is the leader who will become the next German chancellor, will need one or two partners to form a coalition government will depend on how many parties enter parliament.
Merz said he wanted to put together a control coalition as quickly as possible.
It is unlikely that any party will collect anywhere near the direct majority of the parliament, or the Bundestag, in this election that would be needed in the German election system to form a new government independently.
Instead, the parties must negotiate federations to form a government, with a party that occupies the most places that mostly sets its leader as a chancellor. Coalition governments often require compromises between parties with extremely different priorities of policy, making the management of the negotiations process.
Despite their popularity, all the main German parties, including the Merz CDU, categorically excluded the formation of the Coalition with AFD – which is the adviser to President Trump Elon Musk supported In the election – citing parties connections to the extreme right of extremism. This exclusion means that it is almost certain that the AFD will not be part of the next government.
