2021 German Federal Election
End of the Merkel era26 September 2021 · The Berlin Republic · 735 seats, 368 for a majority
A federal election was 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.
Chancellor before
Angela Merkel
CDU
Chancellor after
Olaf Scholz
SPD
Largest force
SPD
206 of 735 seats
Turnout
76.4%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | Olaf Scholz | 206 | +53 | 11.901.556 | 25.7% | +5.2 | |
| CDU/CSU | Armin Laschet | 197 | -49 | 11.177.746 | 24.1% | -8.8 | |
| Greens | Annalena Baerbock | 118 | +51 | 6.814.401 | 14.7% | +5.8 | |
| FDP | Christian Lindner | 91 | +11 | 5.291.010 | 11.4% | +0.7 | |
| AfD | Alice Weidel & | 83 | -11 | 4.809.228 | 10.4% | -2.2 | |
| Left | — | 39 | -30 | 2.255.860 | 4.9% | -4.3 | |
| SSW | Stefan Seidler | 1 | +1 | 55.578 | 0.1% | — |