2025 German Federal Election

After the traffic-light collapse

23 February 2025 · The Berlin Republic · 630 seats, 316 for a majority

A federal election was held in Germany on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag, down from 736 in 2021 due to reforms in seat distribution. The 2025 election took place seven months ahead of schedule due to the 2024 collapse of the Scholz governing coalition.

Chancellor before

Olaf Scholz

SPD

Chancellor after

Friedrich Merz

CDU

Largest force

CDU/CSU

208 of 630 seats

Turnout

82.5%

The result

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CDU/CSU

Friedrich Merz · 28.5% of votes · +11 seats

208

seats

AfD

Alice Weidel · 20.8% of votes · +69 seats

152

seats

SPD

Olaf Scholz · 16.4% of votes · -86 seats

120

seats

Greens

Robert Habeck · 11.6% of votes · -33 seats

seats

Die Linke

Jan van Aken & · 8.8% of votes · +25 seats

seats

SSW

0.1% of votes · 0 seats

seats

BSW

Sahra Wagenknecht · 5.0% of votes

seats

FDP

Christian Lindner · 4.3% of votes · -91 seats

seats


CDU/CSU	Friedrich Merz	208	+11	14.160.402	28.5%	+4.4
AfD	Alice Weidel	152	+69	10.328.780	20.8%	+10.4
SPD	Olaf Scholz	120	-86	8.149.124	16.4%	-9.3
Greens	Robert Habeck	85	-33	5.762.380	11.6%	-3.1
Die Linke	Jan van Aken &	64	+25	4.356.532	8.8%	+3.9
SSW	—	1	0	76.138	0.1%	+0.0
BSW	Sahra Wagenknecht	0	—	2.472.947	5.0%	—
FDP	Christian Lindner	0	-91	2.148.757	4.3%	-7.1