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Does Germany hold by-elections?
I understand at a high level how the Mixed Member system used in German general elections works during the general election.
Pages such as Electoral Reform cover this area reasonably well.
What I don'...
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Can the CSU circumvent the new election laws of Germany?
The German Bundestag changed the election laws today.
The CSU could now face the following situation at the next general election: They win nearly all constituencies in Bavaria, but they only get 4,9% ...
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Why isn't the CDU / FDP / AFD a viable coalition government in Germany (2021)?
Why aren't these parties considered a possibility to form a coalition government after the 2021 elections? They all represent the right-wing in Germany, and they have enough seats for a majority if ...
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How do the Ausgleichsmandate in Germany's Bundestag election work?
I'm aware of How does the German Bundestag election system work? but it seems rather broad and none of the answers go into detail about the Ausgleichsmandate (or leveling seats as Wikipedia translates ...
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Why don't most elected officials assume office right after the election result is confirmed?
In most countries, there is usually a gap between election day and the time when the elected official assumes office.
Example:
In the United States, the President is elected in November but does not ...
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Why didn't Mike Mohring run in the Thüringen MP election?
While discussing the election of Thomas Kemmerich one question came up: Why didn't Mike Mohring run in the third iteration of the MP election? He is from the third largest faction. Did they think that ...
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How can we apply the Bundestag election model to European elections? (model building)
I have looked into electoral systems and am trying to build a model of what the 2019 EU election would have looked like if it had used the Bundestag election system.
Disclaimer: I am fully aware ...
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Can a state temporarily extend the consulate territory during some special events such as elections?
According to this Reddit discussion and this article (Romanian), during the 2019 EU elections, Munich police helped the voters by "extending" consulate territory:
This is in Munchen. The German ...
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What is the point of Germany's 299 "party seats" in the Bundestag?
This question about Bundestag elections (How does the German Bundestag election system work?) does a good job at summarising Bundestag elections. Long story short: 299 directly-elected candidate from ...
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How are leveling seats chosen in Germany's Bundestag chosen?
In Germany's Bundestag half the MPs are elected by First Past The Post and the other half are elected from party lists. Before an election parties submit regional lists in every state. The lists are ...
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How does the German Bundestag election system work?
Can someone describe for me if this election system is a majoritarian system or a system of proportional representation? And how does it work?
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In Bundestag election, can a party abuse the system by endorsing independents in constituency (first vote) races?
In its federal election, Germany uses mixed-member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a party. In short, a ...
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What’s the point of a party running with a list in the federal election if it cannot possibly pass the electoral threshold?
This question is about the German federal election.
Through a series of weird events, I learnt about the existence of a minor party called Magdeburger Gartenpartei, which apparently focusses only on ...
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Why does the election worker cover the slot on a ballot box?
When I last voted in a national election (in Germany, in case it matters) I observed that the election workers (the people who checked my documents, gave me my ballot paper, etc) would keep the slot ...
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What is the purpose of direct mandates in the German electoral system?
Is the direct mandate’s main purpose to represent the election districts? What was the original motivation to build a mechanism like that (first/direct vote, excess mandates) into a electoral system?
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