Friedrich Merz elected as German chancellor – as it happened

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It has been a roller-coaster of a day. Dramatic scenes from the Bundestag after Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz failed to win enough votes to be elected chancellor.

This was the first time in post-world war history that such an event has happened.

He managed it by the second vote, but we take a look through the top 10 photos of the day:

1. Friedrich Merz casts his ballot for the first chancellor vote on Tuesday morning.

2. Friedrich Merz reacts after he loses the vote

3. Colleagues gather round following the news that Merz did not manage to win the vote

4. German lawmakers prepare to vote a second time on Tuesday to elect Merz as chancellor

5. Friedrich Merz casting his ballot for the second vote

6. MPs applauding after Merz secures enough votes in the second round of voting

7. Relief after the vote count is read out in the Bundestag

8. Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulating Friedrich Merz after he wins enough votes to be elected chancellor

9. MPs queue to congratulate Merz on being elected chancellor

10. Merz arrives at Bellevue Palace to be sworn in by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday evening.