Roderich Egeler
President of the Federal Statistical Office
Press release May 20, 2009
Press service of the Federal Returning Officer on the day of the European election
As reported by the Federal Returning Officer, a comprehensive press service will again be provided for the European election on 7 June 2009:
- Around 3.30 p.m. on election day, the Federal Returning Officer is going to release the "intermediate result for the voter turnout on election day by 2 p.m.".
- First official results are expected to come in from the 413 administrative districts and towns not attached to an administrative district from 10.00 p.m. All results received will be made available on the website of the Federal Returning Officer at www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
- The provisional result will presumably be announced in the early morning hours of 8 June.
All press releases will be distributed as usual via fax, Internet, e-mail and ots service.
On election day, the Federal Returning Officer and his staff will stay in the German Bundestag in Berlin until the provisional result has been announced. In the West Lobby of the Plenary Chamber level, a presentation area will be set up where the Federal Returning Officer is going to make his official statements (intermediate result for voter turnout and provisional result). Staff of the Federal Returning Officer will be on the spot to answer further questions until the official provisional result has been announced.
IMPORTANT: As a rule, representatives of the media require an accreditation in order to work in the buildings of the German Bundestag. For persons who have not been accredited on a permanent basis, an accreditation for 7 to 8 June 2009 may be issued by the Press Office of the German Bundestag from Monday, 25 May 2009. As the staff responsible for accreditation will not be on duty on election day, interested representatives of the media must have collected their accreditation by 5 June 2009, 1 p.m. at the latest (at Schiffbauerdamm 17, 3rd floor). For further information please contact the Press Office of the German Bundestag, tel. (+49-30) 2 27 - 3 29 24 and - 3 29 29 or fax (+49-30) 2 27 - 3 60 45 and - 3 62 45.
Online access to the results of the 2009 European Election granted to the media
As at previous Bundestag and European elections, the Federal Returning Officer is going to give representatives of the media the opportunity to obtain results of the European election on 7 June 2009 for further processing by free file download as they come in (xml and csv formats), a service which is offered in addition to the regular dissemination of results on the Internet at www.bundeswahlleiter.de. The files can be downloaded from a website. The URL and the required user ID may be requested by mail from presse@destatis.de.
The Press Office of the Federal Returning Officer may be contacted:
– in Wiesbaden until 5 June and from 8 June 2009
tel: (+49-611) 75-3444
fax: (+49-611) 75-3976
e-mail: presse@destatis.de
– in Berlin on 6 and 7 June 2009
(until the provisional result has been announced presumably in the early morning hours of 8 June 2009)
tel: (+49-30) 2 27 - 4 00 07
fax: (+49-30) 2 27 - 4 60 03
e-mail: presse@destatis.de
Interviews can be arranged – provided that the Federal Returning Officer and his representative are available and after checking with the press officer who will be present – at the presentation area in the West Lobby in front of the Plenary Chamber of the German Bundestag. It is necessary to fix an appointment in time for that purpose at the above telephone numbers.
For further information please contact:
Frank Hennig,
tel: (+49-611) 75-3602,
e-mail: presse@destatis.de