Germany Election Results 2025: The exit polls of one of the strongest economies of the European Union, Germany out with CDU/CSU emerging as top albeit with 208 seats. Surprisingly, the Elon Musk and JD Vance favoured party, AFD climbed the ladders to emerge as the second winner with 151 seats, gaining the most compared to CDU.
Germany Election Results 2025:
Exit polls showed the CDU/CSU on top albeit with its second-worst result ever. The AfD came out in second place and achieved a historically high result. The SPD fell to third place and fell below 20% for the first time since 1933, while also achieving its worst result in terms of vote share since the 1887 federal election, held in the German Empire. This made it the first post-World War II election in which a party other than the CDU/CSU or the SPD came in second place. The Greens declined in vote share while Die Linke reached fifth place. Neither the FDP nor the BSW made it above the 5% threshold for parliamentary representation, as per Wikipedia.
Merz party won 208 seats, which was up by 11 seats from the prior election. However, it would be the Alice Weidel-led AFD party that bagged the most seats 68 to total around 151 seats, even though they are in second place. The Olaf Scholz SPD party saw a significant drop of 85 seats to 121 seats in the election of 2025.
Notably, the CDU party bagged the popular vote as well with 14,158,432 votes, followed by AFD which bagged 10,327,148 popular votes. SPD party bagged only 8,148,284 votes.
On the exit polls results, Merz said, the Trump administration does not care about Europe and is aligning with Russia. He started to urgently strengthen its defenses and warned about finding a replacement for NATO - within months, as per Politico EU report.
Despite Merz's statement, Trump through his Truth Social handler said, "Looks like the conservative party in Germany has won the very big and highly anticipated election."
Trump added, "Much like the USA, the People of Germany got tired of the no common sense agenda, especially on energy and immigration, that has prevailed for so many years."
"This is a great day for Germany, and for the United States of America under the leadership of a gentleman named Donald J. Trump," the 47th US President said.
What do expert say?
Since taking over the White House on January 20, Trump has stolen limelight with back-to-back tariff plans on major economies like EU, China, Canada, and Mexico among others.
Atlantic Council, the American think tank in the field of international affairs, listed out its expert opinions on Germany elections impact on Trump:
Jacob Heilbrunn, the editor of the National Interest and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said, "Under Merz, who is displaying great moral clarity, Trump will discover a more determined Germany that will seek to maximize the prowess of the European Union (EU) against the United States, whenever and wherever the CDU leader deems it necessary. Perhaps he can take comfort in Trump's social media post hailing the conservatives' victory, declaring that: "This is a great day for Germany, and for the United States of America under the leadership of a gentleman named Donald J. Trump."
Carol Schaeffer is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Europe Center said, "Trump and his team should expect a stubbornly pro-European Germany that will not take any perceived US bullying lightly. Merz has already said that the United States' interference in Germany's election via Musk and Vance was as "brazen" as that of Moscow. He also had some strong criticism for the White House over Europe's exclusion from peace talks in Ukraine. Trump and his team should be advised to proceed carefully, though that is not exactly their preferred style."
Jörn Fleck who serves as senior director with the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council, said, "Merz on election night vowed to strengthen Germany's and Europe's independence vis-à-vis the United States. That might suit a Trump administration just fine if that means a push to strengthen German defense capabilities and a new energy policy that focuses on transition fuels. Merz also has a personal affinity for the United States, has experience with the US business world, and could perhaps get off to a fresh start with Washington-if the new US administration doesn't prematurely make this all too difficult for Merz domestically."
Fleck added, "Here the tariff threats-to which Germany's sputtering, export-reliant economy is especially vulnerable-are the main focus. A future Chancellor Merz will also be more outspoken on US tariffs and is perhaps less likely to break EU solidarity on a common European response."
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