Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.

The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

There are a number of differences between the results of this election and the recent federal election. A map of Germany’s 2024 European Parliament election results is being shared in social media ...

The stark east-west divide in national vote share from Germany’s national election on Sunday has been revealed in new data. News agency Reuters has created a map using result figures that show a ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national election in Germany, but in second place, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) earned its best result yet in Europe's ailing ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...