Dates and deadlines
Date | Event |
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Mon, 04.03.2019 18:00
(83rd day before the election) |
Last day – 6 p.m. – on which nominations may be submitted to the Federal Returning Officer for lists for one Land and joint lists for all Länder |
Fri, 15.03.2019
(72nd day before the election) |
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Tue, 19.03.2019
(68th day before the election) |
Last day for
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Thu, 04.04.2019
(52nd day before the election) |
Last day for a decision to be taken
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Mon, 08.04.2019
(48th day before the election) |
Last day for a public announcement on
by the Federal Returning Officer |
Sun, 14.04.2019
(42nd day before the election) |
Reference date: all persons eligible to vote who are registered at the registration office on that very day are entered in the register of voters |
Sun, 05.05.2019
(21st day before the election) |
Last day
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Mon, 06.05.2019 till Fri, 10.05.2019
(20th to 16th day before the election) |
Opportunity to inspect the register of voters and object on account of incorrectness or incompleteness of the voters’ register |
Thu, 16.05.2019
(10th Tag day before the election) |
Last day for delivering decisions on objections against the correctness of the voters’ register |
Sat, 18.05.2019
(8th day before the election) |
Last day for filing a complaint with the district returning officer (in towns not attached to an administrative district with the town returning officer) about the decision taken by the local authority on objections against the correctness of the voters’ registers; the complaint has to be lodged with the local authority |
Mon, 20.05.2019
(6th day before the election) |
Deadline for the local authority for releasing information on the beginning and end of voting hours, on polling districts, polling stations, ballot papers and the election procedure |
Wed, 22.05.2019
(4th day before the election) |
Last day for a decision to be taken by the district returning officer or town returning officer on complaints about a local authority’s decision on objections brought forward against the voters’ register |
Fri, 24.05.2019 18:00
(2nd day before the election) |
Last day – 6 p.m. – on which polling cards can be applied for |
Sun, 26.05.2019
(Election day) |
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From Mon, 27.05.2019
(1st day after the election) |
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Tue, 02.07.2019
(37th day after the election) |
With the opening of the first constituent session of the European Parliament, elected candidates attain membership of the European Parliament after the final election result has been established |
Fri, 26.07.2019
(2 months after the election) |
Last day for filing objections against the validity of the election with the German Bundestag by any person entitled to vote, the Land returning officers, the Federal Returning Officer and the President of the German Bundestag |