BERLIN, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The alliance led by German opposition leader Angela Merkel is projected on Friday to win a slim majority of votes in the general elections on Sunday.

    Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) is expected to win 41 percent to 43 percent, according to a Forsa-RTL TV poll.

    The Free Democratic Party (FDA), the likely coalition partner of the CDU/CSU, can get 7 percent to 8 percent.

    The Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, will win about 32 to 34 percent, and its junior partner,the Green Party will gain 6 percent to 7 percent, the poll showed.

    The result of the Forsa-RTL poll showed that Merkel will gain aslight majority, 51 percent, but enough to win the election.

    However, another poll by Allensbach agency showed that Merkel'sbloc will win 49.5 percent, and still lacks a majority to win the elections.

    Allensbach's poll also show that Schroeder's alliance will win a total of 39.5 percent. The Left Party, a key player in the elections, will get 8.5 percent, the poll said.

    The results of the Allensbach's survey mean neither Merkel's bloc nor Schroeder's can win a majority of votes in the elections.

    Analysts believe that the most likely result might be a grand coalition by the two groups, saying that there is no chance for Schroeder's reelection.

    But, writing in Berlin's Die Tageszeitung newspaper, Franz Walter, an expert of the University of Goettingen, predicted an SPD-Greens-FDA government as the most likely result on Sunday.

    Walter said he still expects Schroeder to make an offer to the Free Democrats (FDA) on the election night if the percentages add up.

    "(Schroeder) can only survive and indeed triumph alone through this Red-Green-Yellow constellation," Walter said. Traditionally, the SPD has a color of red, FDA a color of yellow. Enditem