The elections to the German Bundestag will take place on 23 February 2025. Germans who reside outside the Federal Republic of Germany and no longer have a domicile within the federal territory may be eligible to vote in the election.

In addition to fulfilling the electoral requirements applicable to all voters, they must:

1. Either, within the last 25 years and after attaining the age of 14, have been domiciled without interruption in the Federal Republic of Germany* for at least three months or otherwise have had their habitual residence there, or for other reasons have acquired a personal and direct familiarity with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany and be affected by them;

   and

2. 
   Be registered on an electoral roll in the Federal Republic of Germany. Registration is possible only upon application. The application must be made on an official form; it has been possible for applications to be made/submitted since mid-November 2024. Applications not received by the competent municipal authority before 3 February 2025 cannot be accepted (section 18 (1) of the Federal Electoral Regulations).

Application forms and further information can be found via the Federal Returning Officer website: www.bundeswahlleiterin.de

If you have no internet access, they may also be obtained from

• the diplomatic missions and career consular posts of the Federal Republic of Germany;
• district returning officers in the Federal Republic of Germany.

* A previous domicile or residence in the area stipulated in Article 3 of the Unification Treaty (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, as well as the territory of the former Berlin (East)) will also be taken into account.