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Candidate-centred election

The candidate-centred election is a type of majority voting, for instance in Bundestag elections, where the candidate who has obtained the most votes cast in a constituency is elected. Up until and including the 2021 Bundestag election, the elected candidate therefore was allocated a “constituency seat” and represented that constituency in the Bundestag. This type of election combined the principles of proportional representation with a candidate-centred election.

From the 2025 Bundestag election onwards, the candidate-centred element will be reduced and the principles of proportional representation will have a greater impact on the result. The candidates who have won the most first votes are still determined in the constituencies, but they will only be allocated a constituency seat if there are sufficient second votes to back the seat.

Last update: 2 January 2024