Germany's election delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right AfD party. Here is a breakdown in graphics showing trends between male and female voters as well as different age groups and regions,

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social Democrat party’s worst postwar defeat.

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big implications for Europe.

Germany's Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday's election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said he would no longer take a leading role in his party after what he described as a disappointing result.

People hold signs in support of German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz, during the 2025 general election, at the CDU party headquarters in Berlin,

Sunday’s election comes as Germany and the rest of Europe grapple with the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. Polls across Germany will close at 6 p.m.