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Bundestag election; information
Members of the German Bundestag are elected every four years.
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Die Bundeswahlleiterin
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Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
65189 Wiesbaden
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65180 Wiesbaden
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Landeswahlleiter des Freistaates Bayern
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Nürnberger Str. 95
90762 Fürth
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90725 Fürth
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The Bundestag election takes place every four years.
All Germans within the meaning of Art. 116 Para. 1 of the Basic Law who are at least 18 years old on election day and have been resident or ordinarily resident in Germany for at least three months and are not excluded from the right to vote as a result of a court ruling are eligible to vote. Germans domiciled or resident outside Germany are also entitled to vote under certain conditions.
Every voter has two votes: the first vote for the election of a constituency candidate and the second vote for the election of a party's state list. According to the Federal Elections Act, which will be amended in 2023, the 630 seats in the Bundestag will initially be allocated to the parties and their state lists: Each party receives the number of seats to which it is entitled according to the nationwide second vote result. These seats are then allocated to the state lists of the respective party based on their respective shares of the nationwide second vote result. The order of the seats to be filled for these seat quotas is then determined: The successful constituency candidates, i.e. those with the most first votes in their constituency, are considered first in the allocation of seats. If the party's state list is then entitled to further seats, these are allocated to the list candidates according to their order. If the number of successful constituency candidates on a Land list exceeds the number of seats covered by their second votes, the constituency candidates with the lowest share of first votes are not allocated a seat (second vote cover procedure). Parties that receive less than 5% of the second votes are not considered in the allocation of seats unless their candidates have received the most first votes in at least three constituencies.
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Status: 08.07.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration
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