A federal election was held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Chris
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel bei einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung 2013
German Greens leadership 2013
In German politics, the term chancellor candidate refers to the "lead candidate" nominated by a political party to become chancellor, should their party secure a parliamentary majority in a German fed
Election poster with Helmut Kohl, Leipzig in 1990. Kohl holds the record of having been a candidate for chancellor six times (1976 and between 1983 and 1998, the first time as leader of the opposition).
Election posters 1961 with portraits of Chancellor candidate Willy Brandt (SPD) and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (CDU)
In 2002, FDP chairman Guido Westerwelle presented himself as a candidate for chancellor in accordance with "Strategy 18 (de)", with the aim of receiving 18 percent of the vote. He received 7.4 percent.