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2025 Bundestag elections

Facts, figures and background information on current developments.

Friedrich Merz, CDU, wird die nächste Bundesregierung anführen. Federal elections Election result CDU/CSU wins the Bundestag elections
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Civic participation
Ballot papers checked three times
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Bundestagswahl Bundestag elections
Facts about the Bundestag election
The 2025 German federal election – key questions and answers surrounding the election of the country’s new parliament.

These parties will be in the new Bundestag.  Discover all the key facts here:

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What happens after the election
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Von hier aus wird Deutschland regiert: das Kanzleramt in Berlin. 2025 Bundestag elections Parties The frontrunners for the Bundestag elections

How German democracy functions at the federal level:

U18-Wahl in Deutschland (Archivbild) Bundestag elections Young people Votes for young people – more than just a paper exercise
Deutscher Bundestag The German parliament and the parties
Bundestagswahl 2017: Jeder Wähler hat zwei Stimmen
This is the way the federal elections work
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Election Bundestag elections
Civic participation
Ballot papers checked three times
Elections in Germany: who counts the ballot papers? An election worker tells us about her work.
Briefwahl
How Germany votes
Election to the Bundestag (Federal parliament) – here we answer questions such as what rules apply, who can vote and what a ballot paper looks like.

Quick facts

630 seats in the Bundestag Parliament currently consists of 735 MPs. In the future, the Bundestag will have a maximum of 630 MPs.
299 constituencies Constituencies are so divided that there are about the same number of voters in each.
5 per cent Only parties that have received at least five per cent of the second votes may enter the Bundestag.
59,2 million German citizens are eligible to vote.
18 years of age is the minimum required age to vote and to run for office.
82.5 was the percentage of voter turnout in the 2025 Bundestag elections.

Want to understand German politics? Then you should familiarise yourself with the following topics:

Meinungsforscher Manfred Güllner vom Forsa-Institut Bundestag elections
Opinion polling
Polls: a glimpse of the future?
How are election polls conducted? And how reliable are they in predicting people's actual voting behaviour? The opinion researcher Manfred Güllner has the answers to these questions.
Deutsche Bundesregierung
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What tasks are the governmental agencies and offices responsible for in Germany and in Europe? Here you will find links to the state, politics and democracy. And you can also contact public authorities and take advantage of services for the citizens.
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What happens after the election
Find out here what happens after the federal election: How is the government formed and which time limits are specified by law?

Germany has a federal system. Get to know the 16 federal states here: