- Outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats lost the election on Sunday.
- The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) became the largest party for the first time since 2005.
- The Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP) made gains.
- Three parties will probably be needed to form the next German government.
Results
Party |
Votes |
Seats |
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2017 |
2021 |
2017 |
2021 |
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| ■ | SPD Olaf Scholz |
20.5% | 26% | 153 | 206 |
| ■ | Union Armin Laschet |
33% | 24% | 245 | 197 |
| ■ | Greens Annalena Baerbock |
9% | 15% | 67 | 118 |
| ■ | FDP Christian Lindner |
11% | 11.5% | 80 | 92 |
| ■ | AfD Tino Chrupalla, Alice Weidel |
13% | 10% | 87 | 83 |
| ■ | Left Dietmar Bartsch, Janine Wissler |
9% | 5% | 69 | 39 |