List mandate
List mandates are the mandates that result from the second vote . A party that reaches a certain percentage with the second vote has the right to move into the respective parliament . The party candidates to be elected are placed on their respective country lists in an order determined by the party and are then list candidates . The more percentage second votes the party receives, the more list mandates it receives, that is, the politicians get a mandate and are elected to parliament and then MPs or members of parliament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glossary of the German Bundestag: https://www.bundestag.de/service/glossar/glossar/L/listenmandat/246312 .
- ↑ Federal Agency for Civic Education: http://www.bpb.de/lernen/unterrichten/grafstat/182915/il .