 Kutevera sarudzo dzemubatanidzwa dza2005, Merkel akagadzwa kuti atsive Gerhard Schröder saChancellor weGermany, achitungamirira mubatanidzwa mukuru unosanganisira CDU, bato rehama reBavaria Christian Social Union CSU uye Social Democratic Party SPD. Merkel akanga ari mukadzi wokutanga kusarudzwa saChancellor, uye Chancellor wokutanga kubva pakubatanidzwa kweGermany kuti akakurira mune yaimbova East Germany. Pakusarudzwa kwehurumende yemubatanidzwa muna 2009, CDU yakawana chikamu chikuru chevhoti, uye Merkel akakwanisa kuumba hurumende yemubatanidzwa neFree Democratic Party FDP. Pakusarudzwa kwemubatanidzwa muna 2013Muna 2004, CDU yaMerkel yakawana kukunda kukuru ne41.5 yemavhoti uye yakaumba mubatanidzwa mukuru wechipiri neSPD, mushure mekunge FDP yarasikirwa nemumiriri wayo wese muBundestag. Pakusarudzwa kwemubatanidzwa kwe2017, Merkel akatungamira CDU kuti ive bato rakakura kechina, uye akapika semutungamiri wechina-rekodhi wechina seChancellor musi wa14 Kurume 2018. 