9 June 2024

You have to vote in a specific polling station based on your home address.

If you are a German citizen voting abroad, you can vote by postal ballot subject to being registered in the voters’ register.

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All persons eligible to vote who are registered at the registration office on that very day are entered in the register of voters

Only persons listed in a voters’ register may vote. Germans living abroad who do not have a registered domicile in Germany are called German expatriates. They are not automatically entered into a voters’ register. If German expatriates wish to participate in European elections, they have to submit a formal application for entry into the voters’ register before each election.

If your primary residence in Germany is registered at least 42 days before the election date, you are automatically registered on the voters’ register of your municipality of residence.

If you are a German citizen voting abroad, you must request to be included in the voters' register before each election, at the latest on the 21st day before election day.

Generally, voters can prove that they are entitled to vote at a specific polling station by presenting their voter's notifications there. Nevertheless, you should also have your identity card or passport ready to present it if required.

A Union citizen who wants to go to the polls in Germany has to be on the voters’ register.

Closed list.

In 2024, 96 German MEPs will be elected.

Candidates will be announced on Monday, 22 April.

You have the possibility to autonomously exercise your right to vote through accessibility of voting. You may also chose to be accompanied by an assistant.

Blind and visually impaired people can cast their votes by using ballot paper templates.

And last but not least, you can request to participate in the elections by postal vote, meaning you do not have to go to the polling station; you will find the instructions on the voter's notification.