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Federal election 2021 in the live ticker: The results at a glance

2021-09-25T04:11:32.510Z


The federal election in 2021 will take place on Sunday. Which party will be the strongest force? The results of the federal election in the live ticker.


The federal election in 2021 will take place on Sunday.

Which party will be the strongest force?

The results of the federal election in the live ticker.

  • The federal election 2021 * will take place in Germany on Sunday, September 26th.

  • Who will succeed Angela Merkel in the Chancellery: Armin Laschet, Annalena Baerbock or Olaf Scholz?

  • Here you can read all forecasts, first results and the final result in the live ticker on election day.

Berlin - On September 26th, the time has come: In the federal election in 2021, the citizens of Germany will decide which parties will move into the Bundestag and get a majority.

Can the CDU and CSU continue to have the largest parliamentary group or will the SPD become the strongest force?

Who will succeed Angela Merkel * as Federal Chancellor *?

The outcome of the election is considered open.

Federal election 2021: 60 million voters have a say

60.4 million eligible voters * in Germany vote in the Bundestag election who moves into the Bundestag *. The Bundestag is part of the legislature and is therefore responsible for legislation. The tasks of the German parliament also include the election of the Federal Chancellor and control of the government. Therefore, the federal election also decides who will govern in the next four years.

The voters have two votes in the 2021 federal election. With the first vote, they decide which candidate moves into the Bundestag via the direct mandate and represents their region in the Bundestag. There are also 299 constituencies in Germany. With the second vote, you decide which parties move into the Bundestag. The proportion of second votes decides how many seats they get in the Bundestag. For entry into the Bundestag, however, at least five percent of the votes must be achieved across Germany.

You can vote on election Sunday (September 26, 2021) between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the polling station or beforehand by postal vote *.

Immediately after the polling stations are closed, the counting of the ballot papers * begins and the first projections * and results * are published.

Federal election 2021: These parties are running

47 parties will stand for the 2021 federal election.

40 of them have drawn up state lists, seven parties only send direct candidates into the race for entry into the Bundestag.

The parties also include the parties already represented in the Bundestag:

  • CDU * / CSU *

  • SPD *

  • AfD *

  • FDP *

  • Alliance 90 / The Greens*

  • The left*

The Union, the SPD and the Greens have also nominated candidates for chancellor and one candidate for chancellor, thereby confirming their claim to lead the next federal government.

Armin Laschet * is running for the Union, SPD candidate for Chancellor is Olaf Scholz * and Annalena Baerbock * wants to become the first Green Chancellor.

The other parties represented in the Bundestag nominated the following top candidates:

  • FDP: Christian Lindner *

  • AfD: Alice Weidel, Tino Chrupalla

  • The Left: Janine Wissler, Dietmar Bartsch *

Results of the federal election: how did the 2017 election end?

The CDU and CSU emerged as the strongest force in the 2017 federal election *.

Together, the Union parties received 32.9 percent of the second votes *.

The SPD came to 20.5 percent.

The FDP managed to return to the Bundestag with 10.7 percent.

The left got 9.2 percent, the Greens got 8.9 percent.

With 12.9 percent of the second votes, the AfD entered the German parliament for the first time.

(Max Schäfer) *

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Source: merkur

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