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Germany's Merz falls short of majority in vote for chancellor

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Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630 -seat Bundestag but only secured 310 .

The Christian Democrat leader's coalition with the centre-left has enough seats in parliament.

18 MPs who had been expected to back him dissented in the first vote.

Failure in first vote is seen as unprecedented in modern German history.

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