# Exit polls: Far left wins in Berlin, far right leads in northeast Germany

https://mins.news/en/video/66672

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-21 01:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD3JQDDO9l8

> Exit polls in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania indicate that the far-right Alternative for Germany won the most votes, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union failed to secure enough support for parliamentary seats. Merz called the result a “disaster”. In Berlin, the CDU performed better, finishing second behind the Left Party.

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