According to the results of the first round, which took place on the morning of May 6, Merz failed to get the required number of votes. He was supported by 310 deputies. To win in the first round, he needed to enlist the support of at least 316 out of 630 deputies. A few hours after the results were announced, a second round was scheduled.
On February 23, early parliamentary elections were held in Germany, which were won by the CDU/CSU bloc. Traditionally, the leader of the victorious political force became the Chancellor of Germany. On May 5, the Social Democratic Party of Germany signed an agreement to form a ruling coalition with the CDU/CSU bloc, paving the way for Friedrich Merz to be elected chancellor after early elections to the Bundestag.
