Early Elections to the Federal Parliament, 23 February 2025

Mission at a glance

Core team of six experts from six OSCE participating States, based in Berlin

Mission schedule

10 February: Opening of the mission

23 February: Election Day

26 February: Closing of the mission

Following an official invitation from the authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany to observe the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 February 2025, based on the findings and conclusions of the Needs Assessment Mission (NAM), and in accordance with its mandate, ODIHR has deployed an Election Assessment Mission (EAM) for these elections.

The mission will assess whether the elections are held in line with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections, as well as with national legislation. 

The ODIHR EAM will closely examine components of the elections identified as meriting attention by the ODIHR NAM, specifically: 

• legal framework and electoral system
• administration of the elections
• candidate registration
• conduct of the campaign
• campaign finance rules
• media environment and media coverage of the elections

The mission will visit a limited number of polling stations on election day and systematic observation of voting, counting or tabulation of results on election day is not envisaged.

A final report on the observation, including potential recommendations, will be published some months after the end of the election process.

Previous observation activities

ODIHR has previously observed four elections in the country, most recently the 2021 parliamentary elections.