Elections in Germany

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf election process
gptkbp:age 18
gptkbp:allows_absentee_voting yes
gptkbp:allows_postal_voting yes
gptkbp:Bundestag_election_system two-vote system
gptkbp:Bundestag_members_elected at least 598
with possible overhang and leveling seats
gptkbp:chancellor_elected_by gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:citizenship_requirement German citizenship
gptkbp:compulsory_voting no
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:direct_mandate yes
gptkbp:electoral_law Federal Election Law (Bundeswahlgesetz)
gptkbp:European_Parliament_election_frequency every 5 years
gptkbp:federal_election_frequency every 4 years
gptkbp:first_Bundestag_election 1949
gptkbp:first_vote direct candidate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elections in Germany
gptkbp:includes gptkb:European_Parliament_elections
local elections
state elections
federal elections
gptkbp:local_election_frequency varies by municipality
gptkbp:main_European_election gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkbp:main_federal_election Bundestag election
gptkbp:main_local_election gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:main_state_election Landtag election
gptkbp:next_federal_election 2025
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Federal_Returning_Officer
gptkbp:party gptkb:The_Left
gptkb:The_Greens
gptkb:CDU
gptkb:SPD
gptkb:AfD
gptkb:FDP
gptkbp:party_list_mandate yes
gptkbp:president_elected_by gptkb:Federal_Convention
gptkbp:presidential_election gptkb:Federal_Convention
gptkbp:proportional_representation yes
gptkbp:recent_federal_election 2021
gptkbp:second_vote party list
gptkbp:secret_ballot yes
gptkbp:state_election_frequency varies by state
gptkbp:threshold 5%
gptkbp:universal_suffrage yes
gptkbp:votingSystem mixed-member proportional representation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Politics_of_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7