Dates and deadlines for the Election to the 17th German Bundestag
on 27 September 2009 

Date
(day before the election)

 Event

Last day for the notice of participation in the election to be submitted to the Federal Returning Officer by parties which have not been continuously represented in the German Bundestag or in a Land parliament since the last election to the relevant assembly by at least five deputies on the basis of nominations made by the party itself

1. which parties have been represented in the German Bundestag or in a Land parliament since the last election to the relevant assembly by at least five deputies on the basis of nominations made by the parties themselves
2. which associations, having given notice of their participation, have to be recognized by the Federal Electoral Committee as parties for the election

Last day – 6 p.m. – for filing
–  the constituency nominations with the constituency returning officer and
–  the Land lists with the Land returning officer

1. Deadline

1. for withdrawing or modifying a nomination 
2. for remedying defects of the nomination which do not affect its validity

2. Decision on admission

1.  by the constituency electoral committee on constituency nominations
2.  by the Land electoral committee on Land lists

3. Earliest date for issuing polling cards
 

Last day for lodging complaints

1. with the Land electoral committee about a constituency nomination having been rejected or admitted
2. with the Federal Electoral Committee about a Land list having been rejected or admitted

6 August 2009
(52nd day)

Last day for decisions to be taken on complaints

1. by the Land electoral committee, about a constituency nomination having been rejected or admitted
2. by the Federal Electoral Committee, about a Land list having been rejected or admitted

Last day for the public announcement on

1. the admitted constituency nominations to be made by the constituency returning officers
2. the admitted Land nominations to be made by the Land returning officers

Last day for

1. notifying the persons eligible to vote about their having been entered in the register of voters
2. filing an application for entry in the register of voters by persons entitled to vote who are entered only upon application (Annex 2 of the Federal Electoral Regulations – BWO)  (German citizens living abroad)

1. Casting of votes as a rule from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
2. until 3 p.m. – application for polling cards to be issued in special cases (Section 25 (2) of the Federal Electoral Regulations – BWO, and in the case of a sudden illness which has been proven)
3. 6 p.m. latest point in time for postal ballot papers to be received in time by the competent authority
4. after 6 p.m. determination, establishment and announcement of the provisional election result by the Federal Returning Officer

1. Determination and establishment of the final result and the candidate elected in the constituency by the constituency electoral committee in public session

Notification of those elected in the constituency by the constituency returning officers

2. Determination and establishment of the result for the second votes cast in the Land by the Land electoral committee in public session
    
3. Establishment of the total result of the election by lists and of the elected Land list candidates by the Federal Electoral Committee in public session

Notification of the Land list candidates elected by the Land returning officers

4. Public announcement of
   
   
   1. the final election result for the constituency and the name of the elected constituency candidate by the constituency returning officer
   2. the final election result for the Land and the names of the candidates elected in the Land by the Land returning officer
   3. the final election result for the electoral area, the distribution of seats among the parties, broken down by Länder, and the candidates elected in the electoral area by the Federal Returning Officer

On 27 October 2009 at the latest
(30th day after the election)