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Constituency seat

A constituency seat is an electoral mandate to represent the voters in the German Bundestag as their deputy. It goes to the candidate who won the most first votes cast in a constituency and to whom a seat is awarded in the seat allocation procedure based on second votes. If the first votes are tied, the lot drawn by the constituency returning officer is decisive. If there is a tie in the allocation of seats based on second votes, the Federal Returning Officer shall draw the deciding lot.

This rule is not applicable to European elections as there are no constituency candidates in these elections.

Last update: 15 October 2024