The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters reported by the German Federal Statistical Office.

With just a few days to go before Germany's parliamentary election, political pollster Manfred Güllner said he has never seen so much uncertainty around possible coalition configurations for the country's next government.

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