Exit polls show Germany’s Christian Democrats ... This compares to turnout of 76.4% in the last national elections in 2021. Full results will emerge in the coming hours. Merz has also pledged ...

Early exit polls have indicated that the CDU/CSU union ... doubling their result from the last federal election in 2021. "We have doubled our votes, they wanted to cut them in half.

Exit polls also indicate that Alternative for Germany ... It compares with 36.5% at the same time in the 2021 election, but many people cast absentee ballots in that vote, which took place ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich ... at 19.5-20% — roughly double its result from 2021. They put support for Scholz's Social Democrats at 16-16.5%, far lower than in the last election.

Early exit polls cited by multiple outlets project the ... and previously lost two votes to lead the CDU in 2018 and 2021. He holds more conservative views than Merkel and represents a further ...