Proportionality and Personalization: BWG 2013

Friedrich Pukelsheim
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Friedrich Pukelsheim: Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 13 in Proportional Representation, 2017, pp 247-257 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The 2013 amendment of the German Federal Election Law (Bundeswahlgesetz 2013, BWG 2013) is described. The seat apportionment obeys strict proportionality by political parties. All second votes in the country acquire practically equal success values. Thereafter a party’s countrywide seats are allocated among its various state-lists of nominees. Direct seats that are won via first votes in single-seat constituencies are granted priority by using the direct-seat restricted variant of the divisor method with standard rounding. Its feasibility is ensured by an initial house size adjustment that usually raises the Bundestag size above the nominal level of 598 seats. The amended electoral system is exemplified with the September 2013 election to the 18th Bundestag.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64707-4_13

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