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25 September 2021updated 27 Sep 2021 9:46am

German election 2021: which coalitions can govern?

Who will be Germany's next chancellor? Use our coalition calculator to explore the possible combinations.

By Ben Walker

Polls have now closed in Germany – for full analysis and commentary catch up on our election live-blog and Jeremy Cliffe’s write-up of the result.

Which parties will form the next government? Here are the provisional results:

Now have a go at seeing which parties can properly govern Germany:

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