German election poll tracker: who will be the next chancellor?

Find out who is leading the polling to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor of Germany

Germans go to the polls this Sunday to elect a new Bundestag, or federal parliament. The result - after coalition negotiations likely to involve two or three parties - will decide who will succeed Angela Merkel, who is standing down after 16 years as chancellor.

A two-way coalition between the conservative CDU and the German Greens had long looked the most likely outcome, but in recent weeks the SPD's Olaf Scholz has performed well in televised debates and his party has taken a lead in the latest polls.