The AfD are already celebrating the result with their leader Alice Weidel claiming that the anti-migrant party was now 'firmly anchored' in mainstream German ... Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party.

The exit poll suggests the the CDU has topped today's ballot have secured 28.5 per cent of the vote while the AfD have taken 20 per cent.

In this Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 file photo, German national flags catch the sun on top of ... from participating in outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government. The president of Germany’s ...

It came as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lamented a “bitter” defeat ... told supporters cheering and waving the German national flag at an election night party in Berlin.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor and top candidate ... Leader of far right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at her party’s headquarters in Berlin on Sunday after the German national election ...

The AfD are already celebrating the result with their leader Alice Weidel claiming that the anti-migrant party was now 'firmly anchored' in mainstream German ... Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD ... us," AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said as party supporters waved German flags in celebration. "We are open to coalition negotiations ...