BERLIN, 25 September (BelTA - TASS). German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc has won the Bundestag elections, scoring 33% of the vote, Federal Returning Officer Dieter Sarreither, responsible for German elections, said citing the official preliminary results of the voting.
CDU/CSU bloc will receive 246 out of the 709 seats in the parliament, according to the data published by the Federal Election Commission.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) will get 153 seats, which is 40 less than after the 2013 elections. The Alternative for Germany party will for the first time enter the Bundestag, receiving 94 seats. The Free Democratic Party will have 80 seats, the Green Party will get 67 seats, while the Left Party will receive 69.
According to the Federal Election Commission, the turnout was 76.2% which is 4.7% more compared to the 2013 elections.
