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The German federal election system regulates the election of the members of the national parliament, called the Bundestag. According to the principles governing the elections laws, set down in Art. 38 of the German constitution, elections are to be universal, direct, free, equal, and secret. Furthermore, the constitution stipulates that ...
Following the loss of its majority, the government called and intentionally lost a motion of confidence in order to facilitate an early election. This was the fourth early election in the post-war German history, and the first since 2005. [1] The conservative CDU/CSU alliance became the largest group in the Bundestag with 28.5% of votes.
Local elections in Germany (German: Kommunalwahlen) include elections for most regional and local subdivisions, unless their representatives are appointed or elected by another assembly or office. Such local elections are conducted for representatives in districts , cities, towns, villages and various other administrative regional organizations.
Under Germany's mixed member proportional system of election, the Bundestag has 299 constituencies (Wahlkreise (German: [ˈvaːlˌkʁaɪ̯zə] ⓘ), electoral districts), each of which may elect one member of the Bundestag by first-past-the-post voting (a plurality of votes).
The ruling SPD has dropped to third from first place in the 2021 election, on 17%, followed by the Greens on 11.5% and the BSW on 8%. The FDP and Left party are polling just 4.5% and 3% respectively.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. . Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany did not seek re-el
The German concept of "Abendland," meaning the "Christian West," was rooted in King Charlemagne’s Carolingian Empire and emphasized Christian unity against the “East.” Many primarily ...
Polls suggest the three state elections could lend further legitimacy to the AfD and the BSW, a populist party created in January and named after its founder, which could have an impact on ...