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23 September 2013

Angela Merkel celebrates after German election win


Angela Merkel told her supporters: "We can all be delighted"

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has won Germany's election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.

Mrs Merkel earlier urged her party to celebrate "a super result" after exit polls suggested she was set to win a historic third term.

Her Christian Democrats (CDU) bloc took about 42% of the vote.

But she might yet have to seek a grand coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) who won about 26% of the vote.

Mrs Merkel's preferred liberal partners have not made it into parliament.

more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24197994

Angela Merkel told supporters they had achieved "something fantastic"

CDU supporters celebrated a resounding victory