Bundestag Election 2025 German Federal Election Results
Germany’s conservatives under Friedrich Merz won Sunday’s snap election with 28.5% of the vote, according to provisional results from the Federal Returning Officer.
The far-right Alternative for Germany was in second place with 20.8%, ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in third with 16.4%. The Greens were fourth with 11.6%, while the Free Democrats with 4.3% and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance with 4.97% missed the 5% threshold for getting seats in parliament.
The Left performed better than expected and secured 8.8% of the vote in fifth place.
Merz and his CDU/CSU bloc will need to find a partner to secure a parliamentary majority. He’s ruled out cooperating with the AfD, which means a “grand coalition” with the SPD is the likely outcome.
Projected Share of Second Votes
Source: Projections from ARD
Results by District
Note: Leading party according to second votes; district winners are determined based on first votes, but only candidates whose seat is backed by second votes are elected.
CDU/CSU
AfD
SPD
Greens
Source: Federal Returning Officer