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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats fall to third place in a state election behind the centre-left Social Democrats and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party, according to exit polls. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Supporters of the centre-right VVD party led by Turkish-born Justice Minister Dilan Yesilgoz react as exit polls suggest that Geert Wilders' far-right Islamophobic Dutch party has won the Dutch general election and putting their party in third place. The party of outgoing leader Mark Rutte won 23 seats, according to the poll. IMAGES
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party celebrate as presidential candidate Bola Tinubu wins the most votes in Nigeria's election, almost certainly securing him the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy, according to final results. IMAGES
Berlin, Sep 26 (EFE/EPA).- Germany's Social Democratic Party headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz received the most votes - 26 percent - on Sunday in the general election, while the conservative bloc headed by Armin Laschet obtained 24 percent, according to the first exit polling from the ZDF public television network.Another exit poll, by ARD public television, put both Scholz and Laschet at 25 percent.As of 7:14 pm German time, further election tallies showed that the SPD had obtained 24.9 percent of the vote and the conservative bloc formed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union (CSU), had obtained 24.7 percent.Significantly, this appears to be the worst result obtained by the CDU-CSU bloc in its history. (Camera: MARTIN DIVISEK). SHOT LIST: THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT 'BUNDESTAG', IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).