German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor and — for the first time — a leader of a far-right party.

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor and, likely, a new governing coalition.

The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters reported by the German Federal Statistical Office.

Polls have shown that about 20% of the German electorate remained undecided ahead of election day, while close to 60 million people are eligible to vote.

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published before the election on Sunday, pointing to likely tricky coalition building that could drag on for months.

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Germany's mainstream parties lost support while the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) gained ground in a poll published ahead of Sunday's election, underscoring concerns about the AfD's potential influence in the next parliament.

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Sunday as the winning party will almost certainly have to form a coalition to secure a majority. Here is a summary of t