However, exit pollsters operate in a legal grey area, with few guidelines on disclosing sample sizes and the methodology used to support their predictions. While experts advocate for these polls ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) tumbled to their worst result since World War II, with 16.5% of the vote share, according to the ZDF exit poll. The Greens were on 12% while the ...

Merz, speaking after the exit polls, said “tonight we will celebrate, and from tomorrow we start working.” “The world out there is not waiting for us” — an apparent reference to European ...

German voters have chosen a new direction in a crucial federal election that will reshape the country's political landscape. Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls also indicate that Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for the ...

Germany's exit polls project a significant political shift as conservative leader Friedrich Merz leads the national election, with the far-right AfD achieving unprecedented results since World War II.

On Sunday, the first exit polls said Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance had won at least 28.5 percent of the votes, crushing the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of the outgoing chancellor ...

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls also indicate that Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for the ...