The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes.

[2020 turnout is on pace to break century-old records] In the earliest days of voting, registered Democrats ... Mayes joined The Washington Post as a graphics reporter in June 2018.

What are the regional differences in voting patterns ... and the Left Party compared to those with basic education levels. Graphics by Gianna Grün.

It’ll get significantly smaller after the election on Sunday as the result of an overhaul of the voting system that has ... that the business-friendly Free Democrats and the new far-left ...