section_path: Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)/Election/Regular Chancellor election/Third voting phase
section_name: Third voting phase
paragraph_text: Third voting phase
  
  If the Bundestag is unable to elect a chancellor in these fourteen days, a final ballot is held on the very next day. Once again, candidates must be nominated by at least a quarter of all MPs. Candidates receiving a "chancellor majority" in this ballot are elected. Otherwise, it is up to the President of Germany either to appoint the candidate with the plurality of votes as Chancellor or to dissolve the Bundestag and call new elections.
  
  As of 2025, no Chancellor election has proceeded to this phase.