German election results at the municipality, county and constituency level

Original and harmonized files support analyses of individual elections and comparisons over time.

1990Leading party by municipality in the 1990 federal election 1998Leading party by municipality in the 1998 federal election 2005Leading party by municipality in the 2005 federal election 2013Leading party by municipality in the 2013 federal election 2021Leading party by municipality in the 2021 federal election 2025Leading party by municipality in the 2025 federal election
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Election data

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Federal electionsBundestagswahlen Municipalities, counties, constituencies 1953–2025
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State electionsLandtagswahlen Municipalities, constituencies 1946–2026
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Municipal electionsGemeinderats- und Stadtratswahlen Municipalities 1969–2026
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European electionsEuropawahlen Municipalities 2009–2024
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Mayoral electionsBürgermeisterwahlen Municipalities 1945–2026
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Landrat electionsLandratswahlen Counties 1945–2026
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County council electionsKreistagswahlen Municipalities, counties 1948–2026
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Crosswalks, boundaries and covariates Meinungsbild: opinion estimates for 43 policy issues

Years refer to each series as a whole. Coverage varies by state, geography and file.

Citation

Heddesheimer, V., Hilbig, H., Sichart, F., & Wiedemann, A. (2025). GERDA: The German Election Database. Scientific Data, 12, 618.

Paper

BibTeX 
@article{Heddesheimer2025GERDA,
   author = {Vincent Heddesheimer and Hanno Hilbig and Florian Sichart and Andreas Wiedemann},
   doi = {10.1038/s41597-025-04811-5},
   issn = {2052-4463},
   issue = {1},
   journal = {Scientific Data},
   month = {4},
   pages = {618},
   title = {GERDA: The German Election Database},
   volume = {12},
   url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04811-5},
   year = {2025}
}