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Federal President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) � Federal Chancellor: Friedrich Merz (CDU) � Governing parties: CDU, SPD, CSU
Image Legislative elections: Bundestag, 4-year term, 5% threshold, 630 seats, MMP (331 PR/299 FPTP; 2017/2021: 598 + overhang/adjustment seats, 299 PR/299 FPTP):

  2025  Image 2021 Image 2017
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats
Image Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) Image 
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
22,6 164 19,0 152 26,8 200
Image Alternative f�r Deutschland (AfD) Image 
Alternative for Germany
National conservatism 20,8 152 10,4 83 12,6 94
Image Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) Image 
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social democracy 16,4 120 25,7 206 20,5 153
Image Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (GRÜNE) Image
Alliance 90/The Greens
Green politics 11,6 85 14,7 118 8,9 67
Image Die Linke (DIE LINKE) Image 
The Left
Democratic socialism 8,8 64 4,9 39 9,2 69
Image Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU) Image
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
6,0 44 5,2 45 6,2 46
Image B�ndnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Image 
Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (a)
Democratic socialism
Social conservatism
5,0 - - - - -
Image Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) Image 
Free Democratic Party
Liberalism 4,3 - 11,4 91 10,7 80
Image S�dschleswigscher W�hlerverband (SSW) Image
South Schleswig Voters' Association
Minority interests (DEN/FRI) 0,2 1 0,1 1 - -
Others 4,4 - 8,6 - 5,0 -
Total - 630 - 735 - 709
Turnout 82,5 76,4 76,2

� 2025 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundeswahlleiter (www.bundeswahlleiter.de). Image For full coverage, click here (1949-present). Note: (a) 2025: 4,98%.