All 630 seats in the Bundestag 316 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
Current seats
SPD
Olaf Scholz[a]
207
CDU/CSU
Friedrich Merz
197
Greens
Ricarda Lang Omid Nouripour
118
FDP
Christian Lindner
91
AfD
Alice Weidel Tino Chrupalla
78
Left
Janine Wissler Martin Schirdewan
28
BSW
Sahra Wagenknecht Amira Mohamed Ali
10
Ungrouped
N/A
6
A map of Bundestag constituencies to be used at the next election.
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Scholz cabinet SPD–Greens–FDP
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