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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany\u2019s Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday, aiming to unify their divided party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when she steps down after federal elections in September.<\/p>

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Laschet, the premier of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany\u2019s most populous – won a runoff vote against Friedrich Merz, securing 521 votes against 466 for his arch-conservative rival, according to a ballot of 1,001 party delegates.<\/p>\n

Merkel, Europe\u2019s predominant politician and a consistent winner with German voters since taking office in 2005, has said she will not run for chancellor again, and since she stepped down as CDU leader in Dec. 2018, the party has struggled to find a suitable successor.<\/p>\n

Laschet said he would do everything he could to ensure the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), could \u201cstick together through this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

They could then work towards making sure that \u201cthe next chancellor in the federal elections will be from the (CDU\/CSU) union,\u201d he said in his victory speech.<\/p>\n

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Saturday\u2019s digital election will be confirmed by a postal vote with legally binding results expected on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n

Laschet, 59, presents himself as the Merkel continuity candidate, and she said last year he had \u201cthe tools\u201d to run for chancellor, the closest she has come to endorsing anyone.<\/p>\n

By tradition, the CDU chairman is usually – though not always – the chancellor candidate for the CDU and CSU, and the conservative bloc is on course to win September\u2019s federal ballot.<\/p>\n

However, polls show Markus Soeder, the CSU leader, is the conservative most favoured by voters. Some CDU lawmakers want dynamic Health Minister Jens Spahn to run for chancellor, though he has backed Laschet for the party leadership.<\/p>\n

Merkel was succeeded in 2018 as party leader by her protegee Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who struggled in the role and said last year she would step down.<\/p>\n

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