Election of the 22nd German Bundestag, 2029

What the Federal Returning Officer writes

• Article 39(1) of the Basic Law sets the time frame. A new election takes place at the earliest 46 months and at the latest 48 months after the current electoral term begins.
• The electoral term of the 21st German Bundestag began with its constitutive sitting on 25 March 2025.
• The polling day must fall in the span from Friday 26 January 2029 to Sunday 25 March 2029.
• The polling day must be a Sunday or a statutory public holiday (§ 16 of the Federal Elections Act).
• If the Bundestag is dissolved, the new election takes place within 60 days. The page that was read does not report such a dissolution.
• Elections of the candidates themselves may be held at the earliest 32 months after the term begins, from 26 November 2027 (§ 21(3), fourth sentence, of the Federal Elections Act, as cited).

Federal Returning Officer’s page

Basic Law, article 39(1)

The statutory text that was read says: subject to the following provisions, the Bundestag is elected for four years. Its electoral term ends when a new Bundestag convenes. The new election takes place at the earliest forty-six and at the latest forty-eight months after the term begins. If the Bundestag is dissolved, the new election takes place within sixty days.

Bundestag calendar

The page “Wahltermine in Deutschland” puts “Frühjahr” (spring) and a four-year turnus in the 2029 Bundestag row, for all Länder. It does not name a day in January, February, or March.