Angela Merkel, is expected to be elected for a fourth term.

A dog waits as its master casts his ballot at a polling station near Aachen during general elections. Photograph: Sascha

 Exit poll puts Merkel’s CDU/CSU on 32%, with Social Democrats in second place on 20%
 AfD takes 13% and projected to be first far-right party to enter Bundestag in six decades.
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