Around 550,000 Berliners will be allowed to vote again in the 2021 federal election. The September 2021 election was exactly 868 days ago, and another election is expected to take place in less than 600 days in autumn 2025.
Why is the Berlin repeat election necessary? Who can vote? And what can the vote change? The most important answers to the Berlin election 2.0 – and what that can mean for the traffic light's government majority. The election cannot change the balance of power in the Bundestag, but new direct mandates may be won.