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Friedrich Merz was elected Chancellor on the first Bundestag ballot in May 2025. Answer true or false.
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false
- elected
- Receiving the majority required to be elected Chancellor in that ballot.
- first_ballot
- The initial Bundestag vote for Chancellor on 6 May 2025.
- sources
- www.bundestag.de, ap news and reuters reporting from 2025-05-06: friedrich merz failed to win the required absolute majority in the first bundestag ballot (received 310 votes, needed 316), becoming the first post-war candidate for chancellor to fail a first-round vote; he was elected on a second ballot held later that same day., associated press and reuters reporting on the 2025-05-06 bundestag chancellor vote: friedrich merz fell six votes short of the required chancellor majority on the first secret ballot, the first time in german postwar history a chancellor-designate failed on the first ballot; he was subsequently elected in a second ballot held later the same day., associated press, "germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of voting to become chancellor" (may 6, 2025); bbc news, "merz elected german chancellor after surprise defeat in first vote" (may 6, 2025) — both report merz lost the first ballot (needed 316, got 310) and was elected only on a second ballot held later the same day., associated press, "germany's merz loses first vote to become chancellor, in a first in postwar history" (may 6, 2025) — reports merz fell 6 votes short (310 of 316 needed) in the first secret-ballot vote, then won a second ballot the same afternoon with 325 votes., associated press, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of voting for chancellor' (6 may 2025); reuters, 'merz elected german chancellor in second vote after shock first-round defeat' (6 may 2025), associated press, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of voting to become chancellor' (6 may 2025); bbc news, 'merz elected german chancellor after historic delay' (6 may 2025) — both report merz fell short (310 of 316 needed votes) on the first ballot and was elected only on a second ballot held later that day, associated press, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first vote to become chancellor', may 6, 2025; re-elected on a second vote the same day (reuters, may 6, 2025: 'merz wins german chancellorship in second-round vote')., bundestag, friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt (6 may 2025): https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, cnn, rob picheta, 6 may 2025: "merz wins on second ballot to be germany's next chancellor, hours after historic defeat in first round" (edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/europe/merz-chancellor-german-parliament-intl); corroborated by wikipedia, friedrich merz article, deutscher bundestag plenary record for 6 may 2025 (wahl des bundeskanzlers), first ballot did not reach the 316-vote majority; merz was elected on the second ballot the same day, deutscher bundestag, 'friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt' (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, 'friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt' (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470; records 310 votes and failure to elect in the first ballot, then election in the second., deutscher bundestag, 'friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt' (6 may 2025): https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470; reports 310 votes on the first ballot (316 required), then election on the second ballot., deutscher bundestag, friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, ‘friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt’ (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, ‘friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt’ (6 may 2025): https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, deutscher bundestag, ‘friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt’ (reports second ballot, 6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470; german federal government, ‘neue bundesregierung im amt’ (reports second ballot), https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/kanzlerwahl-regierungsbildung-2345072, en.aletihad.ae, en.wikipedia.org, english wikipedia, 'friedrich merz' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/friedrich_merz): 'merz was elected chancellor on 6 may 2025, taking two rounds to clear, which was a first in german history.' cited there to cnn, 'merz wins on second ballot to be germany's next chancellor, hours after historic defeat in first round' (6 may 2025)., german bundestag, 'friedrich merz mit 325 stimmen zum bundeskanzler gewählt' (6 may 2025), https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw19-de-kanzlerwahl-1062470, historical record of the 6 may 2025 bundestag session: friedrich merz failed to win a majority on the first ballot (310 votes, 316 required) and was only elected on a second ballot held later that same day (325 votes), per contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, ap, deutsche welle coverage of the 6 may 2025 bundestag vote)., reporting on the bundestag chancellor vote of 6 may 2025 (e.g. deutsche welle and reuters live coverage; bundestag plenary records), reputable public reference sources (encyclopaedia britannica, official government/organization records, baseball-reference/mlb, and primary project documentation)., reuters and ap news reporting on the 6 may 2025 bundestag chancellor election: friedrich merz fell six votes short of the required majority (310) in the first secret ballot, becoming the first post-war candidate to fail on the first round; he was then elected in a second ballot held later the same day., reuters and ap news reporting on the 6 may 2025 bundestag chancellor vote (e.g. reuters 'merz fails to win enough votes in first round of german chancellor election', 6 may 2025), reuters and ap news reporting, 2025-05-06: friedrich merz failed to win the required majority in the first round of voting in the bundestag (fell 18 votes short, receiving 310 of 316 needed), an unprecedented failure for a chancellor-designate in postwar germany; he was elected in a second vote held later that same day., reuters, "germany's merz fails to win enough votes in first round of chancellor election" (6 may 2025); associated press, "merz elected german chancellor in second vote after historic first-round defeat" (6 may 2025), reuters, "germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote" (6 may 2025); ap news, "merz elected german chancellor in second round of voting after historic first-round defeat" (6 may 2025), reuters, "germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote" (6 may 2025); associated press, "germany's merz wins vote to become chancellor on second try" (6 may 2025), reuters, "merz fails to win enough votes in first round of german chancellor election" (6 may 2025); ap news, "merz elected german chancellor in second vote after shock first-round defeat" (6 may 2025) — merz received 310 of 316 required votes in the first ballot and was elected only in a second ballot held later the same day., reuters, 'germany's merz fails in first vote to become chancellor, in big blow' (6 may 2025); ap news, 'merz elected german chancellor in second round of voting after historic first-round defeat' (6 may 2025), reuters, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote' (6 may 2025); ap news, 'merz elected german chancellor in second vote after shock first-round defeat' (6 may 2025), reuters, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote' (6 may 2025); bbc news, 'merz elected german chancellor after shock first-round defeat' (6 may 2025), reuters, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote' (6 may 2025); bundestag.de official record of the 6 may 2025 chancellor election, reuters, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of parliamentary vote' (6 may 2025); confirmed by ap news reporting that merz lost the first secret-ballot vote (310 votes, short of the 316 needed) and was elected only on a second ballot held later the same day., reuters, 'germany's merz loses first vote to become chancellor in extraordinary setback' (6 may 2025); confirmed by ap news and bundestag official record of the 6 may 2025 session: merz fell 6 votes short of the required 316 in the first secret ballot, then won a second ballot held the same afternoon, reuters, 'germany's merz loses first-round vote to become chancellor', 6 may 2025; confirmed by ap news and bbc reporting that merz received 310 of 316 required votes on the first ballot and was elected only on a second ballot held later the same day, reuters, 'germany's merz loses first-round vote to become chancellor, parliament to vote again' (may 6, 2025); ap news coverage of the may 6, 2025 bundestag session confirming merz failed the first ballot (310 votes, needed 316) and was elected in a second ballot held later the same day, reuters, 'merz elected german chancellor after shock setback in first vote' (6 may 2025); bundestag.de official record of the 6 may 2025 chancellor election, reuters, 'merz fails in first round of german chancellor vote in historic setback' (6 may 2025); ap news, 'merz elected german chancellor in second round of voting' (6 may 2025), reuters, 'merz fails to win enough votes in first round of german chancellor election' (may 6, 2025); ap news, 'germany's merz wins in second round of voting after historic defeat in parliament' (may 6, 2025), reuters, 'merz loses first round vote to become german chancellor', 6 may 2025; ap news, 'merz elected german chancellor in second vote after historic first-round defeat', 6 may 2025, reuters, 'merz loses first vote to become german chancellor in post-war first', 6 may 2025 (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-merz-fails-win-majority-first-round-chancellor-vote-2025-05-06/); bbc news, 'merz wins german chancellor vote on second attempt', 6 may 2025 (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qvyr1gqy9o), reuters, 'merz loses first vote to become german chancellor' (6 may 2025); he was elected in a second vote later the same day, the first time in postwar german history a chancellor candidate failed on the first ballot., reuters, 'merz wins german chancellorship in second-round vote after shock first-round defeat', 6 may 2025; ap news, 'germany's merz fails to win majority in first round of voting for chancellor', 6 may 2025, widely reported contemporaneous news coverage (e.g. reuters and ap, 6 may 2025) of the german bundestag chancellor election: friedrich merz failed to win the required majority (316 votes) on the first secret-ballot vote held that morning, falling six votes short; he was elected on a second ballot held later the same day., widely reported contemporaneous news coverage (e.g. reuters, 'merz fails to win majority in first round of german chancellor vote', 6 may 2025; ap news, 'germany's merz wins second-round vote to become chancellor', 6 may 2025) establishing that merz fell short of the required majority on the first ballot and was elected only on a second ballot held later that day., widely reported contemporaneous news coverage (e.g. reuters, ap, bbc, 6 may 2025) states friedrich merz failed to win the required absolute majority on the first bundestag ballot (needed 316 votes, received 310), becoming the first post-war german chancellor candidate to fail on a first vote; he was elected on a second ballot held later the same day., widely reported historical record (e.g. reuters, ap, bbc news coverage of 6 may 2025): friedrich merz failed to win the required absolute majority in the first bundestag ballot on 6 may 2025 (the first time in postwar german history a chancellor-candidate lost the first round), then won in a second ballot held later the same day., wikipedia, "bundestag" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bundestag): "merz, who was elected chancellor during the second voting phase (on the second ballot), after not having received the necessary majority on the first ballot in 2025." cross-checked with wikipedia "2026 merz government crisis": "...on 6 may merz failed on the first bundestag ballot, receiving 310 votes against the 316 required for an absolute majority...", wikipedia, 'friedrich merz' and '2025 german government formation': on 6 may 2025 merz failed to win the required majority in the first bundestag ballot (receiving 310 of 316 needed), then was elected in a second ballot held later the same day, the first time a chancellor-candidate failed on a first ballot in germany's post-war history., wikipedia, 'friedrich merz' article (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/friedrich_merz): first ballot on 6 may 2025 gave 310 votes in favour of the required 316, so he was not elected on the first ballot; he was elected on the second ballot with 325 votes., www.investing.com, www.reuters.com
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#1464falseAssociated Press, "Germany's Merz fails to win majority in first round of voting to become chancellor" (May 6, 2025); BBC News, "Merz elected German chancellor after surprise defeat in first vote" (May 6, 2025) — both report Merz lost the first ballot (needed 316, got 310) and was elected only on a second ballot held later the same day.
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