Berlin: The resurgent German far-Right looked in danger of imploding within hours of its electoral triumph on Monday, as one of its most prominent new MPs announced she was leaving her party and would sit as an independent.

Frauke Petry stunned colleagues at a press conference when she announced she would not take up the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party whip in parliament.

The AfD became the first far-Right party to win seats in the Bundestag since 1961 after it came third in Sunday's general election, which left Angela Merkel in place as chancellor despite her coalition suffering losses.

The AfD is on course to win 94 seats in parliament with 12.6 per cent of the vote. But Ms Petry lashed out at colleagues, accusing them of condoning racism and turning the AfD into a protest party.