Germany’s conservatives win historic election as far-right party AfD surges into second with biggest gains since WW2

GERMANY’S conservatives have won a historic election after beating out the far-right AfD party.

Alternative for Germany (AfD) were heavily backed by international voices – including Elon Musk and US VP JD Vance – and managed to take second place after making their biggest gains since World War II.

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Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is most likely to become Germany’s next chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc came out on top in the election[/caption]

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Merz celebrating the election result around his team[/caption]

Current Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SPD) collapsed to a dismal third place with the outspoken leader set to be ousted from his role shortly.

Preliminary results of the official election show Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union took 28.5 per cent of the vote in first place.

The AfD won a record 20.8 per cent in second – securing its best result in a federal election since it formed in 2013.

Scholz’s SPD managed just 16.4 per cent of the vote in what turned out to be the parties worst result in the post-war era.

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Merz speaking in Berlin on Sunday night[/caption]

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was left in third place[/caption]