Every four years there is a ballot to decide on the seats in the Bundestag, the Members of Parliament, who represent the people in Germany. But how do the parliamentary elections actually work?
explainity gives some answers in this short clip.

Bundestagswahl = parliamentary elections
personalisierte Verhältniswahl = personalised proportional representation
Erst- und Zweitstimme - first and second vote
Direktmandat - direct mandate
Landesliste - state list
Überhangmandate - overhang seats
Ausgleichsmandate - levelling seats
absolute Mehrheit - absolute majority
Koalition - coalition
Koalitionsvertrag - coalition agreement
Demokratisches Recht - democratic right
Wahlberechtigung - right to vote
Parteilos - impartially
Landtagswahl - state elections

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