Far-right AfD second in Germany vote with at least 19.5 percent, according to exit polls. France24 Europe Editor Armen Georgian, reporting from Berlin, witnessed strong protests during the last hour of voting against the AfD.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the country's second largest party after its historic performance in the national election. It received 20.8% of the vote in the poll, finishing behind the conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU),