After the Bundestag election: Crucial phase of the coalition negotiations: Merz is confident
Historically many people have their vote on February 23 for the election as the 21st German Bundestag Submitted. CDU/CSU are the clearly strongest force that SPD has crashed and the AfD landed in second place. Union and the SPD agreed to form a government in the first explorations. On election winner Friedrich Merz Wait complicated coalition negotiations. Follow the current developments and results in our live ticker.
Bundestag election 2025: All current news in live tickers
First Bundestag election since the voting right reform
In the Bundestag election on February 23, citizens decided who will represent their interests in the Bundestag in the future. It was the election of the 21st German Bundestag – and the first choice, The right to vote has been reformed since 2023. There are still 733 MPs in the current Bundestag. In the next Bundestag there are only 630 members.
That means: Even if direct candidates have received the majority of the first votes in their constituency, they did not necessarily have a place in parliament. This was the case with the Augsburg Volker Ullrich (CSU).
The results of the 2025 federal election
The counting of the 2025 federal election is completed. The morning after the election was that Preliminary official end result published. Both the FDP As the BSW, the evening had to worry about their move into the Bundestag-and then just slid past the five percent hurdle. The CDU emerged from the election as the strongest force. The SPD recorded a historically low result.
The graphic shows the provisional official end result:
The election results for everyone 299 constituencies in Germany as well as especially for The Swabian and Upper Bavaria region You can also find with us.
Coalition negotiations after the 2025 Bundestag election
The following factions are currently represented in the Bundestag: CDU/CSU, SPD, the Greens, FDP and AfD. Since the expulsion of finance minister Christian Lindner, the FDP has not been in the federal government. As top candidates In 2025 Olaf Scholz (SPD), Friedrich Merz (CDU), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Alice Weidel (AfD) started. Now the coalition negotiations start.
