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It is the fourth [1] snap election in the history of post-war Germany after those in 1972, 1983 and 2005. Prior to the election, media outlets such as Politico Europe , [ 2 ] The Guardian , [ 3 ] Financial Times , [ 4 ] and Euronews [ 5 ] have predicted the CDU/CSU to secure first place, with AfD in second place and the SPD third.
In June 2023, Alice Weidel announced that Alternative for Germany (AfD) would nominate a candidate for chancellor for the first time. [11] At the end of September 2024, the two chairmen Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel agreed that Weidel herself should lead the party into the election campaign as candidate for chancellor. [12]
In the run-up to the 2025 German federal election, which will take place on 23 February 2025, various organisations are carrying out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in Germany. Results of such polls are displayed in this list.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany plans to hold the next general elections for its lower house of parliament on Sept. 28 next year, the government said on Wednesday, in line with the nation's ...
Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag (Germany's federal parliament), the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.. Several articles in several parts of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany govern elections and establish constitutional requirements such as the secret ballot, and the requirement that all elections be conducted in a free and fair manner.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. . Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany did not seek re-el
General elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the first held since the founding of the country on 7 October 1949. There were 466 deputies in the Volkskammer, including 66 from East Berlin who were not directly elected. This election set the tone for all elections held in East Germany until the Peaceful Revolution.
General elections were held in East Germany on 2 July 1967. [1] 434 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). 583 Front candidates were put forward, with 434 being elected. The allocation of seats remained ...