The election Sunday of the federal election in 2021 has dawned.
Olaf Scholz and the SPD are slightly favored against Armin Laschet's CDU in the chancellor's race.
The news ticker.
On September 26th there will be general elections in Germany *, according to surveys * Scholz (SPD) and Laschet (Union) have a chance to win the Chancellery.
Three constituencies are particularly in focus when voting.
A chancellor candidate is threatened with a personal blow.
(see update from 9:01 a.m.)
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Does Armin Laschet's election mishap have any consequences?
An expert gives an assessment
(see update from September 26, 3 p.m.).
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Update from September 26th, 3 p.m.:
Armin Laschet (CDU) made the headlines again on election day.
The Union Chancellor candidate cast his vote in Aachen.
In doing so, however, he folded the ballot incorrectly so that those present and the photographers could see his crosses.
The polling officer already intervened and found on Twitter: “A nationally known politician has elected his own party, as expected.
Influencing the voters cannot be seen in it. "
Other experts also intervene: Laschet's incorrectly folded ballot paper “fulfills a cliché about Armin Laschet,” says Herrmann Binkert, head of the INSA survey institute, according to the
picture
.
However, he does not believe that the incident "will have any consequences for the outcome of the election".
The question that probably worries not only Binkert: "Was that just clumsy or was it intentional?"
Federal election 2021: voter turnout in Bavarian cities apparently high
Update from September 26, 2:40 p.m.:
In the federal elections this year, Bavaria's largest cities may see a higher turnout.
In the state capital of Munich, significantly more than 60 percent of the voters had cast their vote by 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
The percentage of postal voters is already included there.
A similar value was only achieved between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the last federal election in 2017.
Bundestag election: election campaign is over - thousands of crimes registered
Update from September 26, 1:42 p.m.: Violent
crimes, propaganda crimes, insults - but above all damage to property on election posters: More than 4200 crimes were registered in connection with the 2021 election campaign.
This is reported by
Welt am Sonntag
and is based on a survey among the federal states.
According to the newspaper, the number also includes cases relating to the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania * and the Berlin elections *.
The number coincides with BKA information in an internal situation report from which Die
Welt am Sonntag
quoted.
The Federal Criminal Police Office could not have assigned two thirds of the offenses to any political spectrum, the rest was spread across the left-wing extremist and right-wing extremist spectrum.
Spahn speaks of "pandemic extremism" when it comes to disrupting election campaigns
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) told the newspaper: "It is the first election campaign in which I experience that larger groups often appear as aggressive troublemakers at almost every public event".
A kind of "pandemic extremism" has formed in Germany.
This is difficult to locate politically, but is promoted by “far right” such as the AfD.
“And the cycle of agitation and hatred turns into action,” Spahn continued.
Federal election 2021: Due to Corona postal voting record expected
Update from September 26, 1:31 p.m
.: Numbers on nationwide voter turnout were not available until noon.
In several large cities, the turnout until late morning was higher than in the 2017 federal election, with the increase in postal votes * also playing a role.
A new record is also expected here because of the corona pandemic *.
Election researchers: The next Bundestag could have over 900 members
Update from September 26, 12:53 p.m
.: An XXL Bundestag is looming.
Its standard size is 598 MPs.
However, this number rose continuously as a result of overhang and compensation mandates.
According to experts, the parliament is likely to grow significantly again in this federal election.
The polling institute Forsa came in its latest election poll to a possible 762 seats - that would be another 53 more than before.
Other scenarios assume between a good 700 and more than 900 mandates.
Will the MPs even find a place?
A large extension will not be finished until 2022.
In 2019, Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble also brought up “office containers”.
And what would that cost?
The taxpayers' association estimates: The Bundestag * currently costs (709 members) 333 million euros more than its standard size.
With 800 more seats it would be an additional 605 million euros, with 900 then 905 million euros more.
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Queuing in front of the polling station: scene from Berlin during the federal election in 2021.
© Monika Skolimowska / dpa
Disturbance in the federal election process: Some Wuppertal residents are not supposed to go to the polling station for the time being
Update from September 26, 11:21 a.m.:
Please do not
allow
some eligible voters to vote - for the time being.
A world war bomb was found in a residential area in Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
There are five polling stations within 500 meters of the explosive device.
Those affected are now encouraged to stay in their apartments, said a spokeswoman for the city of the news agency dpa.
The dud should be defused in the late morning.
Then the walk to the polling station was released again.
"There is no time constraint," said the spokeswoman.
Anyone who wants to vote can do so in the polling stations until 6 p.m.
For risk-takers: Anyone who went to the polling station despite the appeal to stay inside could cast their vote - the electoral boards were there.
The new Bundestag is expected to meet for the first time on October 26, 2021
Update from September 26, 11:04 a.m
.: The new Bundestag * will be elected this Sunday - but when will it meet for the first time?
On October 26th, as the Council of Elders has now unanimously decided, according to the dpa.
It is the last possible date.
Because according to Article 39 of the Basic Law, this constituent meeting should take place no later than 30 days after the election.
In it, the President of the Bundestag and his deputies are elected.
The Presidium and all parliamentary groups are represented in the Council of Elders; it determines the meeting weeks and the agendas.
Election Sunday: Habeck “a bit exhausted”, Scholz sees good weather as an omen
Update from September 26th, 10:31 am
: "The weather is already a good sign," believes Olaf Scholz in a conversation with waiting journalists after he has cast his vote.
News about the SPD chancellor candidate on this election Sunday here *.
Update from September 26th, 10:12 am
: Robert Habeck feels a bit "exhausted" after the election campaign, he said on Sunday in Flensburg when asked by the broadcaster
n-tv
.
It was "a bit like a school trip": a rich and formative time, said the co-chairman of the Greens *.
Now look forward to a little relaxation.
Federal election 2021: Exciting duels in three constituencies
Update from September 26th, 9:01 a.m.: Incidentally,
there are direct mandate duels of the political
celebrities
in two constituencies: SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz * applies in the constituency of Potsdam - there is also the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock *.
Scholz is threatened with a personal blow if he becomes chancellor, but Baerbock gets more votes in the circle than the SPD candidate.
The ex-state chairman of the CDU, Saskia Ludwig, the former FDP general secretary Linda Teuteberg and the left-wing member of the Bundestag Norbert Müller also enter the race.
Saarlouis constituency in the federal election: Altmaier meets Maas
For direct mandates in the Saarlouis constituency, Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) meets the challenger Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD).
Maas is currently benefiting from the general SPD upswing in the surveys.
The CDU Saar's list is no longer headed by Altmaier, as it was in 2017, but by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
In the constituency of Suhl, the controversial ex-constitutional protection chief Hans-Georg Maaßen (CDU) is applying for a direct mandate.
His challenger is the ex-biathlon Olympic champion Frank Ullrich (SPD).
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Green chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock and SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz (archive picture) are both running for direct seats in the constituency of Potsdam.
© Britta Pedersen / dpa
Federal election 2021: 60,000 polling stations open on Sunday morning
Update from September 26th, 8:14 a.m
.: It can start: The around 60,000 polling stations in Germany have been open since 8 a.m.
More than 60 million eligible voters are called upon to cast their first and second votes by 6 p.m.
Around three million of them are taking part in a federal election for the first time.
According to recent polls, it could be a very close race.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appealed shortly before to vote.
Democracy lives from interfering and participating.
“Whoever participates will be heard.
Those who don't vote let others decide for themselves, ”he wrote in a guest post for
Bild am Sonntag
.
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The polling stations are open: scene from Berlin during the federal election in 2021
© Sebastian Gollnow / dpa
Bundestag election live: Scholz as favorite, Laschet just behind - narrow Chancellor result expected
Our initial report from September 25, 2021
: Berlin - In some party headquarters there is still hope, in others disillusionment can already be felt.
This campaign included twists and turns and remarkable poll results.
Further surprises on Sunday evening (September 26th) cannot be ruled out in the general election.
According to the latest ZDF “Politbarometer”, 35 percent of those surveyed do not yet know exactly whether they want to vote and, if so, who.
16 years of Merkel come to an end after the federal election in 2021 - Germany is facing a turning point
One thing is clear: With the end of 16 years as Chancellor of Angela Merkel * (CDU), Germany is facing a turning point.
In these days there is often talk of a “turning point” in political Berlin.
When the polling stations close at 6 p.m. on Sunday, it will be far from clear what the future government will look like.
Because different coalitions * will be possible.
Jamaica (Union, Greens, FDP) or a traffic light (SPD, Greens, FDP) are very popular.
For a two-party alliance, it should only be enough between the Union and the SPD.
A new Groko is, however, excluded.
Until the formation of the new government, the parties could have to complete a marathon.
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Bundestag election
© JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP
Federal election 2021 live: Germany expects a close result between Scholz and Laschet
It starts with the FDP *, whose MPs want to meet on Monday afternoon.
The SPD *, Linke *, Greens * and Union * will follow on Tuesday.
The SPD will meet again on Wednesday - then the new MPs will decide on the parliamentary group chairmanship.
The AfD * wants to meet for the first time on Wednesday night.
But one thing is clear: the parties will feverishly sound out the options for a new government from Sunday evening.
And there is a high probability that someone, Olaf Scholz or Armin Laschet, will then feel like a winner in the Chancellor's race.
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