An electric motor has a rotor and a stator (1) with a first winding space (11) to receive a multiplicity of coil windings (12) wound from a winding wire. A second winding space (20), connected to the respective first winding space (11), is provided as a winding space extension of the first winding space (11) in order to receive at least one wire portion (21) of the winding wire. Two receiving pockets (24, 25), situated opposite one another in the circumferential direction (U), are formed in the at least one second winding space (20) in order to respectively receive the at least one wire portion (21) of the winding wire.