Bundestag election 2025

Voting by post

Do not send applications for a postal vote to the Federal Returning Officer!

Please file your application with the municipal authority of your main place of residence.

Persons who are entitled to vote and listed in an electoral register do not need a specific reason to exercise their right to vote by post. They may also vote by post when they are abroad temporarily. To this end, they have to apply to the municipality of their main residence for a polling card to be issued. A reason does not have to be provided.

Postal ballot documents are automatically sent with the polling card.

Alternatively, a polling card can also be used to vote in any other polling district of the constituency.

Legal bases

Sections 2528 of the Federal Electoral Regulations (BWO)

Application

Voting

Establishment of the result