Next German federal election facts for kids

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Next German federal election

← 2017 On or before 24 October 2021
All 598 seats in the Bundestag (plus overhang and leveling seats) 300+ seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader TBD Norbert Walter-Borjans Saskia Esken Jörg Meuthen Tino Chrupalla Party CDU/CSU SPD Alternative for Germany Leader since 2020 30 November 2019 30 November 2019 Leader's seat – – Baden-Württemberg (list) – Görlitz Last election 246 seats, 32.9% 153 seats, 20.5% 94 seats, 12.6%   Leader Christian Lindner Katja Kipping Bernd Riexinger Annalena Baerbock Robert Habeck Party FDP The Left Alliance 90/The Greens Leader since 7 December 2013 2 June 2012 27 January 2018 Leader's seat North Rhine-Westphalia (list) Saxony (list) Baden-Württemberg (list) Brandenburg (list) – Last election 80 seats, 10.7% 69 seats, 9.2% 67 seats, 8.9%
Incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel CDU/CSU

The next German federal election will be held no later than 24 October 2021.

Parties

Incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her retirement from politics in October 2018, by announcing she will not run for re-election for CDU Leader and Chancellor.

Major

These parties have received at least 4% of the national vote in the last German federal election, and are predicted to win seats in this next election.

• Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): led by TBD. The party is liberal conservative and pro-European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), a conservative party.
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): led by Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken. The party supports social democracy and is pro-European Union.
• Alternative for Germany (AfD): led by Jörg Meuthen and Tino Chrupalla. The party is nationalistic and is against the European Union.
• Free Democratic Party (FDP): led by Christian Lindner. The party supports classical liberalism and economic liberalism. The FDP is also pro-European Union.
• The Left: led by Katja Kipping and Bernd Riexinger. The Left is a democratic socialist party.
• Alliance '90/The Greens: led by Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck. The party supports green politics and is pro-European Union.

• 

  TBD
  (CDU/CSU)
  from TBD

• 

  Norbert Walter-Borjans
  and
  Saskia Esken
  (SPD)
  from Baden-Württemberg

• 

  Jörg Meuthen
  (AfD)
  from Brandenburg

• 

  Tino Chrupalla
  (AfD)
  from Saxony

• 

  Christian Lindner
  (FDP)
  from North Rhine-Westphalia

• 

  Katja Kipping
  and
  Bernd Riexinger
  (Left)
  from Saxony
  and
  Baden-Württemberg

• 

  Annalena Baerbock
  (Green)
  from Brandenburg

• 

  Robert Habeck
  (Green)
  from Brandenburg

Minor

These parties received at least 0.5% of the national vote in the last German federal election.

• Pirate Party Germany: supports preserving civil rights and reforming copyright laws. Also supports greater government transparency and an unconditional basic income.
• Free Voters: not a registered political party. The association attracts many conservative voters in the south.
• Die PARTEI: led by Martin Sonneborn. The party is satirical and populist.
• Human Environment Animal Protection: led by Stefan Bernhard Eck, Barbara Nauheimer and Horst Wester. The party is environmentalist and supports animal rights.

Opinion polls

Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.