Election reforms in Germany
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The middle left of the Social Democrats (SPD) is won the German elections with limited lead on CDU / CSU routes. Olaf Scholz of SPD and Armin Laschet all CDU members say they hope to form a coalition to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor.
Greens and generals in the FDP generous market have made profits and could be part of the next government, even led by Scholz or Laschet.
Germany’s right-hand side (AfD) and strong left-back Die Linke (Left) both lost support.
The result was the worst of the CDU / CSU Bundestag elections, as well as the most successful by the Green party.
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In German elections, voters have two votes. The first is a last-post-vote vote for one of the 299 MPs. Only the parties get 5 percent of the votes cast in the country, or elect three independent candidates, which are included in the by-elections.
The SPD won several CDU seats, including Angela Merkel’s northeast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Greens also benefited, especially in the seats where the CDU sat in the western cities.
Although their share of Bundestag seats was completely reduced, the AfD garnered a majority of votes in eastern Saxony and Thuringia, gaining more seats there as well as in Saxony-Anhalt.
Possible governments
The result is likely that Germany will make their debut soon a three-party government.
This could include either the Greens and the FDP supporting the SPD – in the “traffic light” agreement – or the CDU / CSU in the “Jamaica” agreement. Another “connection” of SPD and CDU / CSU can also be mathematical.
The left-hand “red-green” combination of SPD, Greens and Left is left to many.
Where the voters went
Since Merkel did not stand still, the CDU / CSU bloc could no longer rely on her support. Research shows that more than 3m voters who support CDU / CSU in 2017 failed other parties, including about 1.4m for Social Democrats, 900,000 in Greens and 340,000 in the FDP.
Bundestag swelling
The new Bundestag will be much larger than 735 seats – beyond 598. Under Germany electoral system, Designed to reflect its similarity, the room often has some additional members. But the party’s recent split has led to significant growth in recent elections, which has led to efforts to reform.
Eight parties are now represented. The South Schleswig Voter ‘Association (SSW), which represents the minority in Danish and Frisian in Schleswig-Holstein and therefore has not been released at any rate of 5%, will have a second-term MP when it secured the first seat in the 1949 Bundestag Election.
Despite garnering less than 5% of the vote, the Left has also won more seats as it has won three of the most recent first-round seats.
