Bundestag election 2025: Fewer voices and more candidates for chancellor!

Bundestag election 2025: Fewer voices and more candidates for chancellor!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On February 23, 2025, the Bundestag election took place in Germany, which was accompanied by a comprehensive range of information from ORF. The reporting extended through different formats, including "ZiB Knowledge" and "World Journal", and reached over 3.2 million viewers. This corresponds to 43 percent of the TV population from the age of 12 in Austria. Interest was particularly high at 7:30 p.m. when the "Time in the picture" with 1.3 million viewers and a market share of 50 percent achieved the top values. According to ORF, 2.758 million people flocked to the screens on the election evening, which corresponds to 37 percent of domestic TV households. The reports were also asked online, with a total of 240,000 net views and 5.2 million minutes viewed on election day, reported the ORF.

meaning of the choice

The figures of the eligible voters are also significant: According to the Federal Statistical Office, 59.2 million people are approved for election, including 30.6 million women and 28.6 million men. It is particularly striking that the pre -selection of 400,000 young voters who have not yet reached the age of 18 are excluded from voting. In addition, the Bundestag is reduced to a maximum of 630 seats by a voting right reform, a decline of over a hundred MPs compared to the last election. This influences the power relationships in the German parliament significantly, since the seating is now only based on the second votes, as Tagesschau reported.

total of 29 parties competed, significantly less than in the last election. The number of candidates has also dropped, so that only 4,506 applicants, including 1,422 women, compete for the seats in the Bundestag. This decisive change has a major impact on the political landscape of Germany, especially in view of the fact that five candidates for the Chancellery are competing. Historically, the number of candidates for chancellor is as high as ever, which underlines the urgency and competition in the current political climate, as also by the Tagesschau