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Chancellor will change in Germany after 16 years:Big blow to Angela Merkel's party, Left SPD leading with 26% vote share

  The Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as the single largest party in Germany's parliamentary election on Sunday.  This is a leftist party.  The SPD has got 25.7% of the votes.  It is followed by CDU/CSU party with 24.1% vote share.  The Green Party is at number three with 14.8% of the vote.  However, it may take some time to elect the chancellor.  After the results were out, the SPD called it a major victory over Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.  Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was in power in Germany for 16 years, is going away.  Merkel made it clear before the election that she is not in the race for chancellor this time. How Chancellor is elected Like our country, Germany also has democracy and parliamentary system, but the way of choosing a chancellor is different.  It is not necessary to announce the name of the prime ministerial candidate before the election in India.  All parties in Germany are requ...