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Revised Electoral System of Germany 2013

2014.01.27

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In the electoral system of Germany, 299 members are elected in electoral districts and the remaining members are elected by proportional representation. The number of single seat districts from sixteen states with legislative power is deducted from the overall number of seats allocated to the party. During this however, a party could win more single-seat district seats in a state than it is validated to according to the second vote results. This overhang mandates are conserved by the party which increases the total number of seats in the federal parliament. To avoid this negative voting weight, Germany revised its seat allocation method to give compensation seats to political parties for any overhang mandates so that the parliament could maintain the overall proportionality.

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