Germany's right-wing, nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight "an invasion of foreigners" into the country, after winning its first parliamentary seats.
"We want a different policy," co-leader Alexander Gauland said following the historic surge.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term but her conservative CDU/CSU bloc received its worst result in almost 70 years.
Mrs Merkel is beginning negotiations to form a new coalition government.
Her bloc's current coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), say they will go into opposition after historic losses.
The AfD's campaign capitalised on a backlash over Mrs Merkel's decision to open Germany's borders to migrants and refugees in 2015.
Its success has shocked Germany's political establishment, and protests against the anti-Islam party have been held in several cities following the election result.
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