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Which elections are going on in Germany?
26 September 2021
| Candidate | Olaf Scholz | Annalena Baerbock |
| Party | SPD | Green |
| Last election | 20.5\%, 153 seats | 8.9\%, 67 seats |
| Seats won | 206 | 118 |
| Seat change | 53 | 51 |
How is the German president elected?
The president is elected for a term of five years by secret ballot, without debate, by a specially convened Federal Convention which mirrors the aggregated majority position in the Bundestag (the federal parliament) and in the parliaments of the 16 German states.
Who gets to vote in Germany?
Right to vote All German citizens over the age of 18 are allowed to vote (Art. 38, para. 2 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany), as long as they have lived in Germany for at least a three-month continuous period that was within 25 years of the election.
How is the German federal president elected?
How does Germany elect their members of Parliament?
Germans elect their members of parliament with two votes. The first vote is for a direct candidate, who ought to receive a plurality vote in their electoral district. The second vote is used to elect a party list in each state as established by its respective party caucus.
What is suffrage in Germany?
Suffrage is the civil right to vote. All German citizens over the age of 18 are allowed to vote (Art. 38, para. 2 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany), as long as they have lived in Germany for at least a three-month continuous period that was within 25 years of the election.
What is the electoral reform in Germany?
The Bundestag approved and enacted the new electoral reform in February 2013. The five percent rule and the basic mandate clause are further strong interventions because they completely reject the influence of entire political streams and their voters in the parliament.
Who is the leader of the German Greens?
The Greens appointed two co-leaders in January 2018 ( Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck) and rose in the opinion polling, settling in second behind the CDU/CSU over the next three years. The party had its best ever showings at the 2019 European Parliament elections, 2020 Hamburg state election, and 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election.