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Germany election: Merkel wins 4th term but nationalists surge in vote

Merkel faces tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two new partners after voters weakened her conservatives and a nationalist.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2017-09-25 07:58 GMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term on Sunday, but now faces the tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two disparate new partners.
A woman with a headscarf casts her vote in the German parliament election in Berlin Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls.
The biggest winner was the 4-year-old Alternative for Germany. AfD top candidates Alexander Gauland, left, and Alice Weidel celebrate with their supporters during the election party of the nationalist 'Alternative for Germany'
Police blocks demonstrators protesting against the nationalist 'Alternative for Germany', party in Berlin, Germany, Sunday after the polling stations for the German parliament elections had been closed.
All mainstream parties have ruled out working with AfD and Merkel's conservatives won't form a coalition with the Left Party.
Supporters hold posters as German Chancellor Angela Merkel returns on the stage at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union CDU in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, after the German parliament election.
Merkel's center-left challenger, Martin Schulz, conceded his Social Democrats had suffered a \"crushing election defeat\".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is surrounded by board members of her party at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union CDU in Berlin, Germany, Sunday after the parliament election.
Merkel faces tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two new partners after voters weakened her conservatives and a nationalist.

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