The left-of-centre Social Democrats won a narrow victory in Germany’s election, as support for the centre-right CDU/CSU of outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel plunged to a historic low.
The SPD’s candidate for chancellor, finance minister Olaf Scholz, said he had won a mandate to form Germany’s next government. He is likely to seek to form a coalition with the Greens and liberal Free Democrats.
Preliminary results announced early on Monday gave the SPD 25.7 per cent, a huge improvement on the 20.5 per cent it garnered in the last Bundestag election four years ago.
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