Election to the 21st German Bundestag 2025
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The election to the 21st German Bundestag took place on Sunday, 23 February 2025.
District electoral committee determines final election results for the Bundestag election on 23 February 2025
At its meeting on 3 March 2025, the district electoral committee of constituency 161 Chemnitz for the election to the 21st German Bundestag determined and established the following final election result for the constituency: Dr Alexander Gauland (AfD) is the candidate who received the most first votes in constituency 161 Chemnitz with 32.19%.
A total of 183,295 Chemnitz residents were eligible to vote. Voter turnout was 79.06 per cent and therefore higher than in 2021 (74.57).
Preliminary final results:
Announcements
Announcement of 31 January 2025:
Announcement of 23 January 2025
Announcement from 2 January 2025
Press releases
Press release dated 3 March 2025:
Press releases
Press release dated 23 February 2025:
Press releases
Press release from 17 February 2025:
Press release from 24 January 2025:
District nominations for the election to the 21st German Bundestag on 23 February 2025 in the Bundestag constituency 161 Chemnitz approved
Press release from 20 January 2025:
Press release from 20 January 2025:
Legal basis
The following regulations apply to the preparation and conduct of the Bundestag election on 23 February 2025:
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany of 23 May 1949 (Federal Law Gazette p. 1), last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 28 June 2022 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 968)
- Order on the dissolution of the 20th German Bundestag of 27 December 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 434)
- Order on the Bundestag election on 23 February 2025 of 27 December 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 435)
- Federal Elections Act (BWG) in the version published on 23 July 1993 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1288, 1594), last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 7 March 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 91)
- Federal Electoral Regulations (BWO) in the version published on 19 April 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1376), last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 12 September 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 283)
- Ordinance of the Saxon State Government on the Transfer of Responsibilities under the Federal Elections Act and the European Elections Act (SächsGVBl 2002, No.7 p.141) in the version of 16 April 2002
- Ordinance on the abbreviation of deadlines in the Federal Elections Act for the election to the 21st German Bundestag of 27 December 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 436)