Which coalition is most likely to win?published at 15:39 British Summer Time 24 September 2017
Ros Atkins
BBC News presenter
German election: Which parties could go into government?
Summary
Angela Merkel tells supporters: "We have mandate to govern"
Martin Schulz's centre-left SPD comes a poor second
The SPD rules out another 'grand coalition' with Merkel's CDU
Right-wing nationalist AfD is set to come third
AfD has never been in parliament before
Liberal FDP heads for a return to the Bundestag
Live Reporting
Claudia Allen, Paul Kirby and Yaroslav Lukov
Which coalition is most likely to win?published at 15:39 British Summer Time 24 September 2017
Media caption, Expect exit poll at 16:00 GMTpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 24 September 2017
15:37 BST 24 September 2017This video is from BBC producer Alice Hutton.
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End of twitter postLive coverage beginspublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 24 September 2017
15:34 BST 24 September 2017Welcome to the BBC's coverage of the German federal election. We will be bringing you all the latest developments as voting nears an end. Germans have until 18:00 local time to vote - 16:00 GMT. Expect projections of the result almost immediately.
We will have tweets from our correspondents, snap analysis from the ground and all the reaction from politicians and voters.