The Christian Democrats, AfD and Die Linke won more votes than in the last general election. Far left Center left Center left Liberal There were smaller surprises, including the last-minute surge ...

The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in ... to support the left-wing democratic socialist party Die Linke (25 per cent), but least likely to support the centre ...

A month ago, Die Linke looked likely to miss the 5 percent voting cutoff needed for parties to earn seats in Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. On Sunday, it won nearly 9 percent of the vote ...