The official results of the Bundestag elections have been announced in Germany

The first place in the parliamentary elections in Germany is occupied by the opposition bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU, "Union") of Friedrich Merz, follows from the data of the country's election commission after counting votes in all 299 constituencies. He has 28.6%.

The second place went to the "Alternative for Germany" (AdG) — 20,8%. The third is y The Social Democratic Party (SPD) of the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz - 16.4%. The fourth — the "traffic light", which previously formed the government coalition (according to the colors of the associations) with the SPD of the "Greens" party - 11.6%. The fifth is for the "Left" — 8.8%.

Two large parties did not get into the Bundestag: "Sarah Wagenknecht Union" (SSV) — 4.9% and Free Democratic Party (FDP) — 4,3%.

The future Chancellor Merz said he was going to form a government by Easter, that is, April 20. Scholz congratulated him on his victory and called the result of his party a "bitter" defeat.

Despite the first place, the "Union" will not receive an independent majority in the Bundestag (for this you need to have 316 votes out of 630). The second largest faction in the German parliament will be the AfD, but other parties in the country have a taboo on cooperation with it. Merz confirmed that the CDU/CSU will not form a coalition with the far-right. The SPD is considered the most likely member of the coalition, but two parties may still not have enough seats in the Bundestag to have a majority.

The chancellor candidate from the AFD, Alisa Weidel, called her party's victory a "historic success" and declared her readiness to discuss the formation of a coalition.

As the voting results show, the lands that were previously part of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) actively voted for the right: in Thuringia, the AfD received almost 39%, in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt — more than 37%, in Maklenburg — more than 35%, in Brandenburg — more than 32%.