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.

German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right targeting a record score.

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Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published before the election on Sunday, pointing to likely tricky coalition building that could drag on for months.

Various events are planned across Germany on Saturday, the final day of the election campaign before polls open on Sunday. The conservative bloc made up of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) is holding its final event on Saturday afternoon in Munich.