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No date has been set. Kalshi dates its event to March 25, 2029, the last day the Basic Law's 46-to-48-month window allows after the current Bundestag first sat on March 25, 2025; a snap election would come earlier.
A chancellor leaving mid-term is the usual route to an early Bundestag election, so this market is the check on the 2029 date.[1]
France 24 reports German voters could "for the first time since World War II give an outright majority to a far-right party" in a state election, which is the run of form behind the AfD at 85% in the federal market.[1]
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