Exit polls are surveys of a random sample of voters taken as they leave their polling place on Election Day. Absentee and early voters are represented by either telephone polls or in-person exit ...

The first rule of exit polls is to be careful about interpreting early exit polls, which aren’t always accurate. The second rule is that, for now at least, they represent the best information we ...

German voters have chosen a new direction in a crucial federal election that will reshape the country's political landscape. Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) tumbled to their worst result since World War II, with 16.5% of the vote share, according to the ZDF exit poll. The Greens were on 12% while the ...

On Sunday, the first exit polls said Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance had won at least 28.5 percent of the votes, crushing the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of the outgoing chancellor ...

Image: The first exit polls displayed on a screen at the SPD's headquarters in Germany. Pic: Reuters Their most obvious choices as partners are the third-place Social Democrats. A two-party ...

Exit poll shows German conservatives first in election Based on early exit polls, the CDU's Friedrich Merz will be looking to form Germany's next government, while the far-right AfD party appear ...

BERLIN — German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support ...

BERLIN (AP) — Exit polls show Alternative for Germany on course for strongest far-right showing in a national election since WWII.

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election ...

The early election comes following the governing coalition’s collapse in 2024. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is poised to be Germany’s next chancellor, as his CDU party leads exit polls to be the ...