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Merkel party wins vote, hard-right AfD gains seats: exit polls

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Last Updated : Sep 24 2017 | 9:57 PM IST
Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in German elections today, but her victory was clouded by the historic entry of an openly anti-immigration hard-right party into parliament, exit polls showed.
Merkel's conservative bloc garnered between 32.5 and 33.5 per cent, well ahead of the second placed Social Democratic Party with 20-21 per cent, national broadcasters ARD and ZDF said in separate exit polls.
The hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) clinched third spot, obtaining between 13 and 13.5 per cent of the vote, they added.

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First Published: Sep 24 2017 | 9:57 PM IST

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