Der Bundeswahlleiter

Dates of future elections in Germany

Please note that this table will show the exact election dates once they have been officially announced.

Year	Date	Land	Type	Periodicity
2012	6 May	Schleswig-Holstein	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly

2013	spring	Niedersachsen	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	spring	Schleswig-Holstein	municipal elections	5-yearly
	autumn¹⁾	all Länder	Bundestag election	4-yearly
	autumn	Bayern	elections to the Land Parliament / District Council	5-yearly
	winter	Hessen	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly

2014	spring	all Länder	European Parliament	5-yearly
	summer	Saarland	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	summer	Sachsen	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	summer	Thüringen	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	autumn	Brandenburg	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly

2015	spring	Bremen	elections to the Land Parliament	4-yearly
	spring	Hamburg	elections to the Land Parliament	4-yearly
	spring	Nordrhein-Westfalen	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly

2016	spring	Baden-Württemberg	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	spring	Rheinland-Pfalz	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	spring	Sachsen-Anhalt	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	autumn	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly
	autumn	Berlin	elections to the Land Parliament	5-yearly

1)Pursuant to Article 39 (1), third sentence, of the Basic Law, new (regular) elections shall be held no sooner than forty-six months and no later than forty-eight months after the electoral term begins. The electoral term of the 17th German Bundestag began with its constituent meeting on 27 October 2009. The earliest date for holding the election to the 18th German Bundestag would be 28 August 2013 (forty-six months after the start of the electoral term), the latest date would be 27 October 2013 (forty-eight months after the beginning of the electoral term).

The Federal President determines the election day. It must be a Sunday or a statutory public holiday within that period (compare Section 16 of the Federal Elections Act).

There are special periods for early elections when the German Bundestag has been dissolved.