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German federal elections 2005

Complete Coverage

Prelude

• Schröder loses motion of confidence
• German president dissolves parliament; elections in September
• German Constitutional Court green-lights early elections call
• TV debate between German chancellor Schröder and opposition leader Merkel held
• Death of candidate will delay final results for German federal election by weeks
• One week before German federal election, the race is wide-open again

Election Day

• Results

Aftermath

• German Christian Democrats win by-election in Dresden
• Schröder gives up German chancellorship ambitions, makes way for Merkel
• German Social and Christian Democrats agree on new government
• Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor

Background

• Politics of Germany
• German federal election, 2005