2022 German presidential election

The 2022 German presidential election (officially the 17th Federal Convention) will be held in Germany no later than thirty days before the sitting President's term ends, as mandated by the German Constitution, the Grundgesetz, unless the presidency falls vacant prematurely. On 19 March 2017 Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who was elected by the 16th Federal Convention on 12 February 2017, entered office and started his first five-year-term as President. Therefore the next Federal Convention will convene no later than 16 February 2022. The Bundestag's council of elders has scheduled the 17th Federal Convention for 13 February 2022.[1] If Steinmeier's term ends prematurely, the Federal Convention will meet no later than thirty days after the start of the vacancy.[2]

2022 German presidential election
13 February 2022
 
Nominee Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Party SPD
Home state Brandenburg
Incumbent President

Frank-Walter Steinmeier
SPD

Composition of the Federal Convention

The Federal Convention consists of all the members of the current Bundestag (736 members) and an equal number of state electors, that is distributed on the sixteen states of Germany in proportion to the states respective population. The state electors are elected by the state parliaments.[2]

The composition assuming there will be no snap elections on federal or state level:[3]

Party Bundestag members State electors Total electors Percentage
SPD 206 184–185[lower-alpha 1] 390–391 26.4%
CDU 152 200–201[lower-alpha 2] 352–353 23.9%
Grüne 118 116–117[lower-alpha 1] 234–235 15.9%
AfD 83 79 162 11.0%
FDP 92 59 151 10.3%
CSU 45 49 94 6.4%
Die Linke 39 28–29[lower-alpha 2] 67–68 4.6%
FW 17 17 1.2%
SSW 1 1 2 0.1%
Total 736 736 1472 100%

Candidates

Every member of the Federal Convention (members of the Bundestag and state electors, once they are elected by their respective state parliament) can propose candidates for the presidency. It is required that the President be a German citizen and at least 40 years old. Every candidate has to declare his consent to running. Candidates can be proposed before the Federal Convention and (theoretically) during the Convention before every ballot. If the President-elect is a member of a legislature or a government at the federal or state level, he has to resign from that office before the start of his term. A sitting President is not allowed to run for a third consecutive term.

Declared candidate

Candidate speculation

The following persons have been subjects of speculation about their potential candidacy in the media, but have neither declared a candidacy nor expressed interest themselves, as yet:

Alliance 90/The Greens

CDU

Notes
  1. Total number of State electors will depend on the allocation of the final elector of the Landtag of Hesse, which will be awarded to either SPD or Grüne.
  2. Total number of State electors will depend on the allocation of the final elector of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, which will be awarded to either CDU or Die Linke.

References
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Wahltermine in Deutschland".
  2. Grundgesetz: Art. 54 De Jure
  3. "Wahlen in Deutschland". www.election.de. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. "Gerüchte um Katrin Göring-Eckardt: Bekommt Deutschland die erste Bundespräsidentin?". 20 December 2020.
  5. Casdorff, Stephan-Andreas (2 April 2021). "Der kurze Weg vom "Grünen Teufel" zur CDU". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
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