The voting for the new German Bundestag (the lower house of parliament) concluded at local time on the day. Exit polls indicated that the Union, composed of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, led other parties in vote share.

According to exit polls released by Germany's ARD television, the Union Party received a vote share of %, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured .%, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), to which Chancellor Scholz belongs, obtained %, the Greens garnered .%, the Left Party received .%, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) got .%. Additionally, the voter turnout for this election was %, marking the highest record since the 1990s.

After the exit poll data was released, Friedrich Merz, the chancellor candidate of the Union parties, stated that the Union had won the election and "would form a government as soon as possible." Olaf Scholz acknowledged that this was a failed election for the SPD and said he "takes responsibility for the election results." SPD Secretary General Matthias Miersch, in an interview with ZDF, noted that the Union parties now hold the initiative in forming a government and that negotiations would proceed based on the final election results.

According to the German Basic Law, the first session of the Bundestag must be held within days after the election, during which members will elect the new Federal Chancellor. Typically, the chancellor candidate from the party that receives the most votes is nominated for the position. German media suggest that following the election, political parties will quickly engage in coalition negotiations, though forming a government is seen as a challenging task. Given the current international situation, many German citizens hope for the establishment of a stable government.

Germany's new electoral law stipulates that the Federal Diet (Bundestag) has a total of [number] seats. The Federal Diet holds legislative authority and is responsible for electing the Federal Chancellor. In the current election, [number] political parties are participating, with over [number] million eligible voters and approximately [number] polling stations set up nationwide. Preliminary vote counts are expected to be announced on [date]. (Note: The original text contains placeholders like "个" and "日" which should be replaced with specific numbers and dates for a complete translation. The above translation maintains the structure and intent of the original while marking where numerical values are missing.)

The last federal election in Germany was held on [date missing]. According to the rule of holding elections every year, this year's election was supposed to take place in [month missing]. However, due to the early collapse of the "traffic light" coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, along with the FDP and the Greens, a vote of confidence and presidential confirmation led to the scheduling of the new federal election on the [date missing].