When is the Germany legislative election 2029?

Polling day is 2029-03-25, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the Bundestag race be official?

Expected between 2029-04-08T22:00:00Z and 2029-04-24T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Federal Electoral Committee (Bundeswahlausschuss) makes the final determination (Bundeswahlgesetz §42(3); BWO §78), and the Federal Returning Officer publishes it (BWO §79); no statutory day. Precedent: 2025 determined Fri 14 Mar 2025 (Pressemitteilung 29/25), 2021 Fri 15 Oct 2021 (Pressemitteilung 52/21) - both day 19, which would be Fri 13 Apr 2029. The opening (Monday 9 Apr 2029, 00:00 CEST, day 15) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Tue 24 Apr 2029 CEST, day 30: the new Bundestag must meet by then (Basic Law art. 39(2)) and members take their seats only after the committee's final determination (BWahlG §42(2)). Election challenges go to the Bundestag and then the Federal Constitutional Court (Basic Law art. 41) after the result, not as a confirmation step, so no court-validation stage.

Where are the official Bundestag results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Federal Returning Officer (https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/).

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Germany legislative election 2029

Name: Germany legislative election 2029
Start: 2029-03-25
Location: Germany

Polling day Sun, 25 Mar 2029 Date not yet official. Counted by Federal Returning Officer. Times are Berlin time; hover for UTC.

9–24 Apr 2029

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Tue 24 Apr, 23:59 Berlin time.

Polls close: Sun 25 Mar, 18:00
First count by: Mon 26 Mar, 09:00
Counted by: Federal Returning Officer
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: bundeswahlleiterin.de

Count stages Bundestag, 630 seats

25 Mar8 Apr22 Apr

Election-night count

25–26 MarElection-night count: Sun 25 Mar, 18:00 → Mon 26 Mar, 09:00, precedent.

Final result

9–24 AprFinal result: Mon 9 Apr, 00:00 → Tue 24 Apr, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBerlin time. Polls close in 912 days.

Government. Days from election to the Chancellor's election in the Bundestag: 2013 (22 Sep 2013 to 17 Dec 2013) 86, 2017 (24 Sep 2017 to 14 Mar 2018) 171, 2021 (26 Sep 2021 to 8 Dec 2021) 73, 2025 (23 Feb 2025 to 6 May 2025) 72. Dates from Bundestag Datenhandbuch ch. 6.1 and ch. 1.2. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent. Not before Mon 9 Apr. Precedents: 86 and 171 and 73 and 72 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sun 25 Mar, 18:00 → Mon 26 Mar, 09:00
precedent

Polls close at 18:00 local (BWO §47(1)); 25 Mar 2029 is the day EU summer time starts, so 18:00 CEST = 16:00 UTC (if an earlier Sunday is chosen, 18:00 CET = 17:00 UTC). The Federal Returning Officer compiles the preliminary result from the Land returning officers' quick reports (BWO §71) and announces it overnight. Precedent: 2025 announced at 04:10 CET on 24 Feb 2025 (Pressemitteilung 27/25), 10 h after the close; 2021 at 06:00 CEST on 27 Sep 2021 (Pressemitteilung 50/21), 12 h after. Window closes at 09:00 CEST Monday, 3 h past the slower precedent. Preliminary, not the final result.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Mon 9 Apr, 00:00.
Final result
Mon 9 Apr, 00:00 → Tue 24 Apr, 23:59
precedent

The Federal Electoral Committee (Bundeswahlausschuss) makes the final determination (Bundeswahlgesetz §42(3); BWO §78), and the Federal Returning Officer publishes it (BWO §79); no statutory day. Precedent: 2025 determined Fri 14 Mar 2025 (Pressemitteilung 29/25), 2021 Fri 15 Oct 2021 (Pressemitteilung 52/21) - both day 19, which would be Fri 13 Apr 2029. The opening (Monday 9 Apr 2029, 00:00 CEST, day 15) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Tue 24 Apr 2029 CEST, day 30: the new Bundestag must meet by then (Basic Law art. 39(2)) and members take their seats only after the committee's final determination (BWahlG §42(2)). Election challenges go to the Bundestag and then the Federal Constitutional Court (Basic Law art. 41) after the result, not as a confirmation step, so no court-validation stage.
Government formed
Mon 9 Apr, 00:00 → —
estimate

Basic Law art. 63: the Bundestag elects the Chancellor on the Federal President's proposal; the Bundestag can do so only once the new house has met, which is after the final result and by day 30 (art. 39(2)). The floor is this file's ESTIMATED earliest final result, not a fixed date. No deadline for the first ballot; art. 63(3)-(4) sets 14-day and 7-day steps only once a ballot has failed.

Results sources 4 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2029.html	results-live	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_39.html	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_German_federal_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
bundeswahlleiterin.de	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: Basic Law arts. 39, 41, 63, Bundeswahlgesetz §§16, 42 and Bundeswahlordnung §§47, 71, 78, 79 (gesetze-im-internet.de); bundeswahlleiterin.de Bundestagswahl 2029 page and press releases 26/25, 27/25, 28/25, 29/25, 50/21, 52/21; Bundestag Datenhandbuch ch. 1.2 and 6.1 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Germany legislative election 2029?: Polling day is 2029-03-25, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the Bundestag race be official?: Expected between 2029-04-08T22:00:00Z and 2029-04-24T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Federal Electoral Committee (Bundeswahlausschuss) makes the final determination (Bundeswahlgesetz §42(3); BWO §78), and the Federal Returning Officer publishes it (BWO §79); no statutory day. Precedent: 2025 determined Fri 14 Mar 2025 (Pressemitteilung 29/25), 2021 Fri 15 Oct 2021 (Pressemitteilung 52/21) - both day 19, which would be Fri 13 Apr 2029. The opening (Monday 9 Apr 2029, 00:00 CEST, day 15) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Tue 24 Apr 2029 CEST, day 30: the new Bundestag must meet by then (Basic Law art. 39(2)) and members take their seats only after the committee's final determination (BWahlG §42(2)). Election challenges go to the Bundestag and then the Federal Constitutional Court (Basic Law art. 41) after the result, not as a confirmation step, so no court-validation stage.
Where are the official Bundestag results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Federal Returning Officer (https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/).