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SPD narrowly ahead in exit polls as voting ends in Germany's landmark election but final result uncertain
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Germany's left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) celebrated a narrow lead in exit polls published after voting ended in Germany's federal election, but the final result of the closely fought contest remains uncertain.
A Forschungsgruppe Wahlen exit poll for CNN affiliate n-tv suggested the SPD had 25.7% of the vote, with the center-right Christian Democratic Union of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on 24.6%, followed by the Greens at 14.4%, the FDP at 11.7% and the AfD at 10.7%.
The narrowness of the margins means the German elections are at this point too close to call and predicting the next government -- and chancellor -- is impossible. A large number of postal ballots also remain to be counted.
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