2025 German federal election

Next German federal election

← 2021 by 28 September 2025[a] 2029 →
← outgoing members
All 630 seats in the Bundestag 316 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Olaf Scholz[b] Friedrich Merz Robert Habeck[c] Party SPD CDU/CSU Greens Last election 25.7%, 206 seats 24.1%, 197 seats 14.8%, 118 seats   Leader Christian Lindner Alice Weidel Jan van Aken & Ines Schwerdtner Party FDP AfD Left Last election 11.4%, 91 seats 10.3%, 83 seats 4.9%, 39 seats
A map of Bundestag constituencies to be used at the next election.
Incumbent Government Scholz cabinet SPD–Green–FDP[d]

Federal elections in Germany will be held to elect the members of the 21st Bundestag. They are scheduled to be held on 28 September 2025.

However, in November 2024, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he would submit a motion of confidence to the Bundestag on 15 January 2025. If the Bundestag does not give him a majority vote of confidence, he can propose a snap election to the President of Germany; this would then possibly take place in March in compliance with the constitutional deadlines. The opposition has demanded a motion of confidence be held immediately, which could lead to a snap election as early as January 2025.^[1][2]

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