Olaf Scholz concedes defeat as Germany's Conservative Party storms country's election - with far-right AfD coming in close second

Germany's hard right AfD has surged to second place in the snap election with the conservative opposition emerging as the largest party overall. 

The exit poll suggests the conservative CDU have topped Sunday's election securing 28.5 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile, the AfD have taken 20 per cent of ballots cast which is the strongest showing for a far-right party in Germany's post war era.