India, Feb. 24 -- Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to lead the nation after his party, Christian Democratic Union, bagged the biggest vote share in the country's general elections, defeating Olaf Scholz's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany.

The bloc led by Friedrich Merz, which constitutes of his party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and also Christian Social Union (CSU) won 28.5 per cent of votes, followed by Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has 20.7 per cent to its name, as per German broadcaster ARD.

On Sunday evening, as his party was headed for a big victory, Merz told his supporters, "Germany will once more be governed reliably," reported news agency Reuters.

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