German election – official results

Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) could reclaim Germany’s chancellery for the first time since 2005, according to preliminary official results


Olaf Scolz
Armin Laschet
Annalena Baerbock


Distribution of 735 Bundestag seats by party

206		196	118	92 	83	SSW 1 seat
Share of vote					39
25.7%		24.1%	14.8%	11.5%	10.3%	5.0%
SPD		CDU/CSU	Greens	FDP	AfD	Die Linke


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Possible coalitions

Traffic light: SPD, Greens, FDP
206	118	92	416

Jamaica: CDU-CSU, Greens, FDP
196	118	92	406

368 seats needed for majority


Source: Federal Returning Officer 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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