Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Saturday confirmed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party's top candidate for February's parliamentary elections. Only a few delegates bucked the majority, who overwhelmingly supported Scholz's bid to return to the Chancellery in a vote by show of hands at the party's conference in Berlin.

Olaf Scholz has been officially nominated by the SPD as a candidate for Chancellor of Germany. The elections will be held on February 23. Olaf Scholz has been officially nominated by the SPD as a candidate for Chancellor of Germany.

The fragile three-way coalition in the Bundestag has shattered. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, has lost a vote of confidence and Germany is hurtling towards a snap federal election on Feb 23 – more than six months ahead of schedule.

Incumbent German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a politics for "ordinary people" during a party congress. His Social Democratic Party (SPD) is currently polling at third place.