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The general elections
The main candidates, the parties, the manifestoes, the campaign, the electoral system: Everything you need to know about the 2017 German general elections
The parliament consists of at least 598 MPs.
Constituencies are so divided that there are about the same number of voters in each.
The politician who receives the most votes in a constituency enters parliament with a direct mandate.
will be running for election as MPs on 24. September 2017.
Only parties that have received at least five per cent of the second votes may enter the Bundestag.
are running in the 2017 Bundestag elections.
German citizens are eligible to vote.
is the minimum required age to vote and to run for office.
of voter turnout in the 2013 Bundestag elections.
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