A total of 59.2 million voters in Germany began voting as of 08:00 local time in the early general elections held to determine the 630 members of the 21st term Federal Parliament (Bundestag).
A total of 4,506 candidates from 29 parties are competing to become new members of the Federal Parliament. Meanwhile, there are 5 names who compete to become the country’s new prime minister, including incumbent Prime Minister Olaf Scholz and the opposition leader Friedrich Merz.