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2025 German federal election

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2025 German federal election
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All 630 seats in the Bundestag
316 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered60,490,603
Turnout82.5% (Increase 6.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
2025-02-23 Bundestagswahl – Wahlabend CDU by Sandro Halank–025.jpg
2019-09-01 Wahlabend Sachsen by Sandro Halank–039 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
Olaf Scholz September 2024.jpg
Candidate Friedrich Merz Alice Weidel Olaf Scholz
Party CDU/CSU AfD SPD
Last election 24.1%, 197 seats 10.4%, 83 seats 25.7%, 206 seats
Seats won 208 152 120
Seat change Increase 11 Increase 69 Decrease 86
Popular vote 14,158,432 10,327,148 8,148,284
Percentage 28.5% 20.8% 16.4%
Swing Increase 4.4 pp Increase 10.4 pp Decrease 9.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
2021-12-07 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 20. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–018 (cropped).jpg
2025-01-18 Außerordentlicher Bundesparteitag Die Linke 2025 in Berlin by Sandro Halank–195.jpg
Official Portrait of Heidi Reichinnek.png
2020-02-14 Christian Lindner (Bundestagsprojekt 2020) by Sandro Halank–2.jpg
Candidate Robert Habeck[a] Jan van Aken &
Heidi Reichinnek		 Christian Lindner
Party Green Left FDP
Last election 14.7%, 118 seats 4.9%, 39 seats 11.4%, 91 seats
Seats won 85 64 0
Seat change Decrease 33 Increase 25 Decrease 91
Popular vote 5,761,476 4,355,382 2,148,878
Percentage 11.6% 8.8% 4.3%
Swing Decrease 3.1 pp Increase 3.9 pp Decrease 7.1 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election

Scholz cabinet
SPD–Green

 Government after election

Merz
CDU/CSU

Federal elections in Germany were held on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for 28 September 2025, the elections were brought forward because of the collapse of the governing coalition during the 2024 German government crisis.[1]

It is the fourth snap election in the history of post-war Germany after those in 1972, 1983 and 2005.

Opinion polls

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Local regression of polls conducted

Notes

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  1. ↑ Chancellor candidate; co-lead candidate with Annalena Baerbock.

References

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  1. ↑ "Steinmeier verkündet Auflösung des Bundestages und Termin für Neuwahl". tagesschau.de (in German). 27 December 2024.

https://www.wahlen-ergebnisse.de/2025-bundestagswahl.shtml[1]

  1. ↑ "Bundestagswahl 2025 Ergebnisse Statistiken". www.wahlen-ergebnisse.de. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
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