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 will vote on Sunday 26 September 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. However, neither party fared well in their response to the devastating floods that hit Germany in July, giving a boost to the confidence of smaller parties.