A graphic showing European Union (EU) election results in Germany from June 2024 was shared online with false captions saying it showed the outcome of the federal election held in025.

An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.

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.

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The Christian Democrats, AfD and Die Linke won more votes than in the last general election. Far left Center left Center left Liberal There were smaller surprises, including the last-minute surge ...

The election map reveals that the AfD won almost all of the voting districts in the old East Germany (except for Berlin), while the CDU prevailed in the former West German territory. The CDU ...

The center-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) are on course to return to power in Germany, with the latest projections showing Friedrich Merz’s party leading the national election. The far-right ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

To look at a recent electoral map of Germany is like looking at ... parties for their policy of excluding the AfD from parliamentary voting. The comments were duly received as open hostility ...

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Co-leader Alice Weidel’s AfD has nearly doubled its representation in the Bundestag, winning just 85 seats in the 2021 elections - and crucially, taking its national support from 10.4 per cent to 20.8 ...