Sunday, September 18, 2005
This article is part of the seriesGerman 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