According to the preliminary official final result, the SPD emerged as the strongest force in the federal election. It comes to 25.7 (2017: 20.5) percent, as the federal returning officer announced on Monday. CDU / CSU achieve 24.1 (2017: 32.9) percent and are 1.6 percent behind the Social Democrats with Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. The Greens rise to number three with 14.8 percent, followed by the FDP with 11.5 percent. The AfD loses and gains 10.3 percent (2017: 12.7). The Left Party receives only 4.9 percent, but by winning three direct mandates it moves into the 20th German Bundestag. With at least three direct mandates, a party does not have to jump the five percent hurdle in order to move into the Bundestag with list candidates. A power struggle for the formation of a government is now emerging: Both SPD top candidate Olaf Scholz and his rival Armin Laschet for the Union are claiming the Chancellery for themselves. The Greens and the FDP – both of which grew – now find themselves in the role of kingmakers: both together can forge a coalition under the leadership of the SPD as well as the CDU / CSU.
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