2026 German federal election (Marshall1892)

The 2025 German federal election was held on August 10th 2025 to elect members to the 2nd Bundestag of Germany. The CDU obtained the most seats with a total of 15 and won the popular vote with 34.29%. The incumbent SDP won 12 seats, a loss of 14 seats from 2021 and won 33.06% of the popular vote, an 11.34% loss. The BUP moved to third-party place and loss Official Opposition status but kept the same amount of seats. The FDP increased it's total seats by 2 for a total of 4. The CDU attempted to form a coalition government with the SDP but was unsuccessful and resulted in the 2026 German federal election.

Background
In the 2021 election, the SDP won a majority government under Otto Zimmermann, the BUP became the Official Opposition and the CDU fell to third place. The FDP entered the Bundestag for the first time.

Campaign
The election period began on May 19th, 2025. The incumbent governing SPD was polling at a 10 point loss and was polling behind the CDU. The SPD was growing unpopular since 2021 even though it passed popular laws. The SPD promised to continue it's path of lowering pollution and increasing the graduation rate. The CDU made statements promising to lower the unemployment rate and reduce crimes. The FDP promised to lower corruption in the government. The BUP made no statements.

Election aftermath
Following the election, the first placed CDU attempted to form a coalition government with the second place SDP. This attempt was rebuffed by the SDP as their party policy forbids coalitions with the CDU. On November 5th, 2025 the CDU minority government fails a confidence vote, 14 votes aye and 23 voted nay. The President announces the dissolution of parliament on November 27th and announces elections for the next year, April 13th, 2026.