The Secretary General of the Social Democrats of Germany is confident that the party received a mandate to form the Cabinet

“We always knew that there would be a hard fight.

But it is clear that the SPD has a mandate to form a government.

We want Olaf Scholz to become Chancellor, ”Klingbeil quoted TASS as saying.

The first exit poll data, commissioned by the ZDF, show that the Social Democratic Party of Germany is winning the parliamentary elections in Germany, gaining 26% of the vote.

At the same time, the ARD exit poll data show that social democrats and conservatives receive an equal number of votes - 25% each.

Earlier it was reported that the Social Democrats are leading the elections to the German Bundestag.

On September 26, 09:00 Moscow time, polling stations opened in Germany for the elections to the Bundestag, which worked until 19:00 Moscow time.