SPD Wins German Elections: Preliminary Results
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The Social Democratic Party of Germany narrowly won the German general election with 25.7% of the votes.
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst react after first exit polls for the general elections in Berlin, Germany, September 26, 2021 (Reuters)
Germany's Social Democratic Party, a center-left formation led by Olaf Scholz, won the general election by winning 25.7% of the votes, preliminary results showed.
The SPD narrowly won against the conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany, who won 24.1% of the votes. The results were presented on the website of the country's election commission website.
The preliminary results are based on the ballots counted in all constituencies, and they are the worst results yet for the CDU-CSU bloc. The CDU-CSU is a conservative bloc led by Armin Laschet, and he was chosen to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Green Party, or Grüne, a center-left alliance, came in third place with 14.8% of the votes, followed by the liberal FDP with 11.5%. The far-right Alternative for Germany came in fifth with 10.3%.
