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First party
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Second party
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File:Angela Merkel. Tallinn Digital Summit.jpg
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File:2017-07-21 Martin Schulz 0789.JPG
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File:Gauland2014 (cropped).jpg File:2017-11-29-Alice Weidel-Maischberger-5664 (cropped).jpg
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Leader
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Angela Merkel
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Martin Schulz
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Alexander Gauland & Alice Weidel
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Party
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CDU/CSU
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Social Democratic Party of Germany
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Alternative for Germany
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Leader since
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24 September 2002
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19 March 2017
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23 April 2017
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Leader's seat
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Vorpommern-Rügen-Greifswald I
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Brandenburg & Baden-Württemberg
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Last election
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311 seats, 41.5%
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193 seats, 25.7%
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0 seats, 4.7%
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Seats won
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246
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153
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94
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Seat change
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▼65
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▼40
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▲94
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Popular vote
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15,317,344
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9,539,381
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5,878,115
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Percentage
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32.9%
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20.5%
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12.6%
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Swing
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▼8.6%
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▼5.2%
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▲7.9%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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File:ChristianLindner-FDP-1 (cropped 1).jpg
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File:DIE LINKE Bundesparteitag Mai 2014 Bartsch, Dietmar.jpg File:2014-09-11 - Sahra Wagenknecht MdB - 8301 (cropped).jpg
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File:Katrin Goring-Eckardt MdB (cropped).jpg File:16-09-02-Cem Özdemir-RalfR-RR2 4940.jpg
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Leader
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Christian Lindner
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Dietmar Bartsch & Sahra Wagenknecht
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Katrin Göring‑Eckardt & Cem Özdemir
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Party
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Free Democratic Party (Germany)
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The Left (Germany)
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Alliance 90/The Greens
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Leader since
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7 December 2013
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13 October 2015
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10 November 2012 18 January 2017
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Leader's seat
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & North Rhine-Westphalia
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Thuringia & Baden-Württemberg
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Last election
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0 seats, 4.8%
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64 seats, 8.6%
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63 seats, 8.4%
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Seats won
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80
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69
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67
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Seat change
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▲80
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▲5
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▲4
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Popular vote
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4,999,449
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4,297,270
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4,158,400
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Percentage
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10.7%
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9.2%
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8.9%
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Swing
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▲5.9%
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▲0.6%
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▲0.5%
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