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 ...

Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

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

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 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.

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 ...

The exit polls put support for his Union bloc at 28.5-29% and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at 19.5-20% — roughly double its result from 2021. They put support for Scholz's Social Democrats ...