German federal elections

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German federal elections are nationwide parliamentary elections in Germany that determine the composition of the Bundestag and ultimately the federal government.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
recurring event ⓘ
administrativeLevel federal ⓘ
ballotStructure two votes per voter ⓘ
canBe early election ⓘ
chancellorElectedBy Bundestag ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
determines composition of the Bundestag ⓘ
federal government of Germany ⓘ
earlyElectionTriggeredBy constructive vote of no confidence ⓘ
dissolution of the Bundestag by the Federal President ⓘ
electoralSystem mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
electorateIncludes German citizens residing in Germany ⓘ
eligible German citizens living abroad ⓘ
elects members of the Bundestag ⓘ
only the federal legislature ⓘ
excludes state parliaments (Landtage) ⓘ
firstModernElectionYear 1949 ⓘ
firstVoteFor constituency candidate ⓘ
governedBy Federal Returning Officer’s regulations ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Federal Election Act of Germany ⓘ
German Basic Law ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelected Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Reichstag elections in the German Empire ⓘ
Reichstag elections in the Weimar Republic ⓘ
includes first-past-the-post constituency vote ⓘ
party list proportional vote ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainPartiesParticipating Alliance 90/The Greens ⓘ
Alternative for Germany (AfD) ⓘ
linked to: AfD

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) ⓘ
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) ⓘ
Free Democratic Party (FDP) ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) ⓘ
The Left (Die Linke) ⓘ
linked to: The Left (Germany)
minimumVotingAge 18 years ⓘ
primaryDeterminantOfSeatShare second vote results ⓘ
regularInterval every 4 years ⓘ
regulates distribution of Bundestag seats ⓘ
resultsIn formation of coalition governments ⓘ
secondVoteFor party list ⓘ
supervisedBy Federal Returning Office ⓘ
Federal Returning Officer of Germany ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedBody 4 years ⓘ
uses party lists at state level ⓘ
votingSystemFeature 5 percent electoral threshold ⓘ
leveling seats ⓘ
overhang seats ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free Democratic Party → participatedIn → German federal elections ⓘ
Alliance 90/The Greens → participatesIn → German federal elections ⓘ
Bundestag electoral district → appliesToElection → German federal election ⓘ
subject linked to: Bundestag electoral districts
linked to: German federal elections
Christian Schmidt → officeContested → Bundestag elections in Germany ⓘ
linked to: German federal elections
AfD → participatesIn → German federal elections ⓘ
Federal Returning Officer of Germany → responsibleFor → federal Bundestag elections ⓘ
linked to: German federal elections