Germans headed to polling stations on Sunday to vote in the 20th federal elections and choose the new Bundestag.
Voters were seen arriving at a polling station in Berlin's central Mitte district to cast their ballots.
SPD's Olaf Scholz, CDU's Amin Laschet and the Greens' Annalena Baerbock have been shortlisted as the top three most likely candidates to win the chancellor seat according to the latest polls, with Scholz taking the lead.
For the first time in 16 years, the election takes place without the participation of the incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germans headed to polling stations on Sunday to vote in the 20th federal elections and choose the new Bundestag.
Voters were seen arriving at a polling station in Berlin's central Mitte district to cast their ballots.
SPD's Olaf Scholz, CDU's Amin Laschet and the Greens' Annalena Baerbock have been shortlisted as the top three most likely candidates to win the chancellor seat according to the latest polls, with Scholz taking the lead.
For the first time in 16 years, the election takes place without the participation of the incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germans headed to polling stations on Sunday to vote in the 20th federal elections and choose the new Bundestag.
Voters were seen arriving at a polling station in Berlin's central Mitte district to cast their ballots.
SPD's Olaf Scholz, CDU's Amin Laschet and the Greens' Annalena Baerbock have been shortlisted as the top three most likely candidates to win the chancellor seat according to the latest polls, with Scholz taking the lead.
For the first time in 16 years, the election takes place without the participation of the incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel.