Bundestag
Federal parliament of Germany
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| 2025 | Vice Presidents appointed: Andrea Lindholz (CDU/CSU), Josephine Ortleb (SPD), Omid Nouripour (Alliance 90/The Greens), and Bodo Ramelow (The Left). |
| 2025 | Formation of the 21st Bundestag Presidium, marking the first presidium since the 1st Bundestag without any member having previous presidential experience. |
| 2025 | AfD gains faction status in the 21st Bundestag but fails to have a vice president nominated due to lack of necessary majority support. |
| March 25 2025 | Gerold Otten of the AfD fails to receive the necessary majority to become a vice president of the Bundestag Presidium in three voting rounds. |
| 2025 | Julia Klöckner is nominated as the Presidium President by the CDU/CSU faction. |
| 2025 |
Gerold Otten is nominated as a Vice President from the AfD faction.
Berlin, Germany. 25th Mar, 2025. Gerold Otten (l), candidate for AfD Vice President of the Bundestag, reacts during the announcement of the election results next to Tino Chrupalla, AfD Federal Chairman and AfD parliamentary group leader, at the constituent meeting of the new Bundestag. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/Alamy Live News Stock Photo - Alamy
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| 2025 | The South Schleswig Voters' Association won a seat in the Bundestag for the third time. |
| 2025 | First application of the revised electoral law after confirmation by the Federal Constitutional Court, with modifications following constitutional complaints. |
| March 2025 | Federal Constitutional Court dismissed complaints from Left and AfD parliamentary groups regarding the old Bundestag's ability to continue functioning after an election. |
| March 18 2025 | Second and third readings of the motion to amend the Basic Law, continuing the legislative process for changes to Articles 109 and 115 and introduction of Article 143h during the 214th session of the 20th Bundestag legislative session. |
| 2025 | Julia Klöckner (CDU/CSU) nominated as President of the Bundestag for the 21st legislative period |
| March 13 2025 | First reading of a motion to amend the Basic Law, involving amendments to Articles 109 and 115 and introduction of Article 143h during the 213th session of the 20th Bundestag legislative session. |
| March 13 2025 | As of the current date, the 20th Bundestag is in its outgoing phase, approaching the end of its legislative term. |
| 2025 | Bodo Ramelow from The Left party is nominated as a Vice President for the 21st Bundestag. |
| 2025 | 21st Bundestag begins with Gregor Gysi serving as President by right of age from The Left party. The CDU/CSU, as the largest faction, will nominate a candidate for Bundestag President. |
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Constituency 255 (Memmingen – Unterallgäu) was created for the 2025 election.
GER, Bundestagswahl 2025, Wahlplakate Memmingen / 23.02.2025, Luitpoldstrasse, Ottobeuren, GER, Bundestagswahl 2025, Wahlplakate Memmingen, der Wahlkreis 255 wurde zur Bundestagswahl 2025 neu gebildet. im Bild ein Wahlplakat der AfD mit Alice Weidel *** GER, Bundestag election 2025, election posters Memmingen 23 02 2025, Luitpoldstrasse, Ottobeuren, GER, Bundestag election 2025, election posters Memmingen, the constituency 255 was newly formed for the Bundestag election 2025 in the picture an election poster of the AfD with Alice Weidel nordphoto GmbHxHafner nph00200 Stock Photo - Alamy
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Structural constituency data Bayern - The Federal Returning Officer
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| February 23 2025 | Voting held in Germany's 299 constituencies to determine members of the 21st Bundestag under the mixed member proportional system of election. |
| February 2025 | Election of the new (20th) Bundestag. |
| January 2025 | Dirk Spaniel becomes the Values Union's first Bundestag member. |
| 2024 | Fourth instance of a deliberately lost vote of confidence leading to new elections. |
| December 23 2024 | Uwe Witt joins Bündnis Deutschland. |
| November 2024 | Volker Wissing leaves to continue as a cabinet minister. |
| October 2024 | Dirk Spaniel quits the AfD. |
| September 1 2024 | Michael Theurer resigned from the Bundestag to become a member of the Deutsche Bundesbank's executive board |
| July 2024 | Melis Sekmen defects from GRÜNE to the CDU. |
| July 15 2024 | Petr Bystron and Marc Jongen resigned from the Bundestag to sit as members of the European Parliament |
| April 1 2024 | Andreas Scheuer resigned from the Bundestag |
| March 2024 | Thomas Seitz resigns from the AfD and its faction. |
| March 25 2024 | The 21st Bundestag succeeds the 20th Bundestag. |
| March 15 2024 | Uli Grötsch resigned from the Bundestag to become police commissioner at the Bundestag |
| March 4 2024 | Multiple members (Lars Lindemann, Pascal Meiser, Nina Stahr, Ana-Maria Trăsnea, Christine Buchholz) lost their seats or declined mandates after the repeat election in Berlin |
| March 4 2024 | Council of Elders resolves mandate changes following the Berlin election repeat. |
| February 14 2024 | Christian Kühn resigned from the Bundestag |
| February 11 2024 | Partial repeat of the 2021 federal election in Berlin due to irregularities, affecting mandate distribution. |
| February 2 2024 | 28 remaining LINKE members and 10 BSW members receive group status in the Bundestag. |
| January 2024 | Dietmar Bartsch became group co-leader of the Left Party after leading the faction temporarily in October-December 2023. |
| January 25 2024 | Timon Gremmels and Ingmar Jung resigned from the Bundestag to join the second Rhein cabinet as state ministers |
| January 15 2024 | Stephanie Aeffner died while serving as a Bundestag member |
| January 8 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) is officially founded as a party. |
| 2023 | Peter Ramsauer announced he would not run for President in 2025. |
| 2023 | Electoral reform implemented for the Bundestag, changing the number of seats to a fixed 630 and significantly increasing the proportional representation aspect of the election system. |
| December 26 2023 | Peter Ramsauer becomes the 18th President by right of age of the Bundestag after Schäuble's death, serving from 26 December 2023 as a member of the CDU/CSU party during the 20th legislative period, and has not yet presided over the Bundestag. |
| December 6 2023 | LINKE parliamentary group dissolves after falling below the 37-member minimum. |
| November 2023 | Sahra Wagenknecht, Amira Mohamed Ali, and eight others leave LINKE to join Wagenknecht's Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). |
| October 2023 | Thomas Lütze defects from LINKE to the SPD. |
| October 23 2023 | A significant group of Left Party members, including Sahra Wagenknecht, formed a new political party called BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht). |
| September 3 2023 | Hagen Reinhold resigned from the Bundestag |
| August 7 2023 | Alexander Graf Lambsdorff resigned from the Bundestag to become German Ambassador to Russia |
| May 15 2023 | Cansel Kiziltepe resigned from the Bundestag to join the Wegner senate as Senator for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination |
| February 25 2023 | Corinna Miazga died while serving as a Bundestag member |
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