Social choice

This article describes the social choice of social security carriers. For social choice in the sense of group decisions through aggregation of individual decisions, see social choice theory .

Ballot 2017

The social choice or social security choice is the choice of the self-governing bodies of the statutory social security agencies in Germany. It takes place every six years at all statutory pension, health and accident insurance providers. The self-administration of the Federal Employment Agency is appointed.

In terms of the number of eligible voters, the social elections are the third largest election in Germany after the European elections and the elections to the German Bundestag . The 2017 social elections took place from April 25th to May 31st. The election for members of BARMER took place in September 2017.

Basics

General

The legal details of the social elections can be found in § 43 ff. Of Book Four of the Social Code (SGB IV).

The social choice is intended to enable the insured and employers to have a say in the work of the social insurance agencies . The design options for self-administration are regulated by law in Section 29 ff. Of SGB ​​IV.

Voting in the social elections is intended to influence the fate of the insurance company as well as to participate and help shape the areas of finance , rehabilitation , personnel and organization.

The election is free and secret as a list election and takes place according to the principles of proportional representation . As a rule, trade unions , other (employee) associations and individual applicants stand for election .

A legal distinction is made between an election with voting, in which those entitled to vote can cast their vote, and an election without voting ( peace election ). This occurs if only one list of proposals is submitted or if no more candidates are named on several lists of proposals than are to be elected board members. In this case, the proposed candidates are deemed to have been elected at the end of the election day without further voting. There are elections without voting on the employee side in the smaller German pension insurance providers and in the election of the representatives of the employer side.

The Federal Election Commissioner for the social security elections, who is based at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), oversees the election process . He and his deputy also issue the relevant implementing provisions. In addition, the Federal Election Commissioner appropriately informs the public about self-government and social elections. However, an election campaign usually does not take place, so that media interest is also limited.

The election calendar contains the dates and deadlines for preparing for the election.

Self-administration of the pension insurance

The pension system is managed by employers and insured themselves. This means that those who pay the contributions make all the important organizational and personnel decisions and exercise control functions. It is up to them to regulate matters that they can judge most competently for themselves. In this way, pending problems should be solved realistically and properly with the cooperation and joint responsibility of all those involved. In the past, the self-administration of the pension insurance was involved in setting the course for solving the upcoming challenges of the pension insurance.

The legislature has largely regulated in the pension insurance whether and to what extent benefits are to be provided. However, the decisions on how the statutory regulations are to be implemented are made by the insurance carriers. The self-administration makes the essential decisions in the areas of finance, rehabilitation, organization and personnel. The meeting of representatives of the German Federal Pension Insurance Association decides on the second largest public budget after the federal budget and elects the voluntary insurance advisors who help free of charge and close to home with pension issues, especially with the application. The elected should ensure more customer proximity. The direct commitment of self-administration is also evident in the appeal committees. Here, representatives of the insured and employers review all decisions, representing interests and controls. The self-administrators have an opinion-forming effect in public and are interlocutors for politics. The self-administration is supposed to guarantee the independence of the statutory pension insurance towards the state administration.

The social elections, which take place every six years, are intended to ensure the direct influence of the insured and employers on the statutory pension insurance. With the votes cast with the social election, the insured legitimize the elected as their interest representatives. Self-government should be a core element of democracy in Germany.

The principle of self-administration does not only exist in statutory social insurance: municipalities, universities and churches are often organized in a self-administered manner.

In pension and health insurance

Statutory pension insurance and statutory health insurance are branches of the structured social security system in Germany. The largest nationwide institution in the field of general pension insurance is the German Pension Insurance Association.

The social insurance agencies are self-governing bodies under public law . Self-administration is carried out on a voluntary basis by insured persons and employers in the self-administration bodies. As part of the social elections, the members of the self-governing bodies are re-elected from the group of insured persons and employers every six years. Insured persons and employers choose separately from one another. In the social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture ( SVLFG ), the members are elected from three groups: employees, self-employed with (family) external workers and self-employed without external workers. Voting by post is mandatory , unless there is a so-called peace election.

Development over time

Participation in the social elections for the representatives of the insured

date	Authorized	Participation
16. + 17. May 1953	5.2 million	42.2%
June 8, 1958	10.3 million	27.5%
May 27, 1962	16.7 million	26.2%
June 9, 1968	28.9 million	20.5%
May 26, 1974	23 million	43.7%
June 1, 1980	32.8 million	43.8%
4th June 1986	35.5 million	43.9%
2nd June 1993	45.6 million	43.4%
May 26, 1999	46.9 million	38.4%
June 1, 2005	44.2 million	30.8%
June 1, 2011	49.7 million	30.1%
May 31, 2017	50.8 million	30.4%

History of self-government

The history of self-government goes back to the middle of the 19th century. At that time, Knappschaftsvereine emerged, the boards of which were elected half by employers and half by the elders of the miners. In the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic, the self-governing bodies of workers' insurance were determined by the board members of the health insurance funds. In 1953 the first social elections after the Second World War took place.

Social elections 2005

In the social elections in 2005, a total of eight social insurance institutions were held in elections . Around 44 million members were eligible to vote in the election. Among others, the Federal Insurance Agency for Salaried Employees (BfA, since October 1, 2005: German Federal Pension Insurance ) and the large substitute funds were elected . For the other statutory insurance companies and for all employers, elections took place without voting .

The costs for the 2005 social election amounted to 40.1 million euros.

Social elections 2005 for the German pension insurance

Only at the DRV Bund and the DRV KBS were there more than two electoral lists in their respective representative assemblies. In the other DRVs, election lists with candidates from the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), the Working Group of Christian Workers' Organizations (ACA) and the Christian Trade Union Federation (CGB) were declared as elected without voting. Not all DRVs publish whether or to which electoral lists the elected insurance representatives belong (example DRV Nord).

Results of the social election 2005 for the representatives of the insured
in the German Pension Insurance (distribution of seats)

List, list connection, list association	DRV Bund	DRV KBS	DRV Bad.- Württ.	DRV Bayern Süd	DRV Berl.- Brb.	DRV Bschw.- Hann.	DRV Hessen	DRV Mittel- dt.	DRV North	DRV Northern Bavaria	DRV OL-HB	DRV Rhine country	DRV Rheinl.- Palatinate	DRV Saar country	DRV swan ben	DRV West falen
BfA -Gem.	13
ver.di	4th
TK community	3
DAK -VRV	2
KAB / Kolping Society / BVEA	2
Barmer Vv.	2
BARMER-G.	1
IG Metall	1
DAK-Mg.	1
KKH -Vg.	1
dbb
DGB / IG BAU / IG BCE / NGG
DGB					28
GdS
CGB					2										2
List, list connection, list association, individual representative	DRV Bund	DRV KBS	DRV Bad.- Württ.	DRV Bayern Süd	DRV Berl.- Brb.	DRV Bschw.- Hann.	DRV Hessen	DRV Mittel- dt.	DRV North	DRV Northern Bavaria	DRV Old.- Brem.	DRV Rhine country	DRV Rheinl.- Palatinate	DRV Saar country	DRV swan ben	DRV West falen
Transnet
GDBA
IG BCE
DGB, ACA															13
DGB, ACA, CGB
DGB, ACA M-Th., Dbb
Sole agent
no information on list membership				30th		30th				30th		30th	25th	15th		30th
Total seats	30th			30th	30th	30th				30th		30th	25th	15th	15th	30th

2005, statutory health insurance

Results of the social election 2005 in the statutory health insurance

	Barmer	TK	DAK	KKH	HKK
BARMER community	10
Barmer Insurance Association	10
BfA community			3
DAK Membership Association (DAK-MG)			11
DAK Insurance and Pensioners' Association (DAK-VRV) eV			11
German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
Working Group of Christian Workers' Organizations (ACA)		1	2
Free list Röhm, Stoll, Warbel, Ahlers, Larisch
hkk-Gemeinschaft eV
DGB , Working Group of Christian Workers' Organizations (ACA), IG Metall , ver.di , IG BAU	10
Industrial Metal Union		1
KKH Insurance Association eV
TK community		11
Association of German Technicians (VDT)		1
United service union (ver.di)		1	3
unassigned employee representatives				15th	14th
Dental technician guild Bremen and dental technician guild Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (employer representative)		15th
unassigned employer representatives		15th		15th	14th
Total seats	30th	30th	30th	30th	28
Eligible voters	6.4 million	5.1 million	4.9 million	1.5 million	0.2 million

2011

On June 1, 2011, the eleventh social elections were held for all social security agencies. For the choice election act called were about 48 million voting members of statutory pension and health insurance, who had reached the age of 16 on January 3, 2011th More than 30 million insured persons and pensioners were entitled to vote at the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, and over 18 million members at the substitute funds. Preparations for the 2011 social elections began on December 31, 2008 with the deadline for submitting the lists of proposals for the quorum of signatures in accordance with Section 48 (2) sentence 2 SGB IV.

2011, German pension insurance

In 2011, voting by members of the German Pension Insurance (DRV) entitled to vote took place only at the DRV Bund . So-called peace elections were held at the other DRVs , because no more candidates were allowed to vote than there were seats in the respective representative assemblies . As a rule, various lists or list connections have come together to form list associations in such a way that the sum of the list candidates standing for election corresponds exactly to the number of representative seats to be allocated. The list candidates are therefore automatically elected at the end of the election day, June 1, 2011. This fact led to the fact that in 2011 less than half of all members of the DRV who were normally entitled to vote were able to participate in the 2011 social elections through voting. Cost savings were given as an argument for this approach. Using the example of the social election for the DRV Oldenburg-Bremen, an amount of one million euros is given, which corresponds to estimated saved election costs of approx. 1.25 € per member.

The results of the social elections without voting were already known at the end of January 2011.

Results of the 2011 social election for the representatives of the insured
in the German Pension Insurance (distribution of seats)

List, list connection, list association	DRV Bund	DRV KBS	DRV Bad.- Württ.	DRV Bayern Süd	DRV Berlin- Brb.	DRV Bschw.- Hann.	DRV Hessen	DRV Mitteldtl.	DRV North	DRV Northern Bavaria	DRV OL-HB	DRV Rheinl.	DRV Rheinl.- Palatinate	DRV Saarl.	DRV Schwab.	DRV West falen
BfA -Gem.	6th
ver.di	2	3
TK community	3
DAK -VRV
KAB / Kolping Society / BVEA	1
BARMER GEK Vv.	1
BARMER GEK-G.	1
IG Metall	1
DAK membership community
KKH -Vg.
dbb
DGB / IG BAU / IG BCE / NGG
DGB
GdS
CGB			3								3
List, list connection, list association, individual representative	DRV Bund	DRV KBS	DRV Bad.- Württ.	DRV Bayern Süd	DRV Berlin- Brb.	DRV Bschw.- Hann.	DRV Hessen	DRV Mitteldtl.	DRV North	DRV Northern Bavaria	DRV Old.- Brem.	DRV Rheinl.	DRV Rheinl.- Palatinate	DRV Saarl.	DRV Schwab.	DRV West falen
Transnet		4th
GDBA		1
IG BCE		7th
DGB, ACA			12								12
DGB, ACA, CGB							15th
DGB, ACA M-Th., Dbb								15th
Sole agent
no information on list membership									15th
Total seats	15th	15th	15th				15th	15th	15th		15th
Election with election act	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Eligible voters (million)	30th
Members (million)	33	3.3	4.8	3.6	2.6	3.0	2.6	4.0	2.9	2.4	0.8	9.4	2.0	0.4	1.4	3.9

Social elections 2011 in the statutory health insurance

In public health insurance were the members of the boards of directors of the following private plans with choice of action selected:

Results of the social election 2011 in the statutory health insurance

	Barmer GEK	TK	DAK	KKH	HKK
BARMER GEK community	14th
Barmer GEK Insurance Association	8th
BfA community	2		5	2	2
Christian Metal Union (CGM)
DAK Membership Association (DAK-MG)			13
DAK Insurance and Pensioners' Association (DAK-VRV) eV			7th
German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)				1	1
DHV - The trade union			0
Free list Röhm, Stoll, Warbel, Ahlers, Larisch					0
hkk-Gemeinschaft eV					8th
IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU)
Industrial Metal Union	1	1
KAB / Kolping Society / BVEA	2	1	2
KKH Insurance Association eV				12
TK community		12
Association of German Technicians (VDT)
United service union (ver.di)	3	1	3	2	1
unassigned employer representatives	-	15th	-	15th	12
Total seats	30th	30th	30th	15th	12
Eligible voters	6.4 million	5.1 million	4.9 million	1.5 million	0.2 million
voter turnout	31.49%	33.26%	28.14%	27.27%	28.54%

2017

The 2017 social elections took place from April 25th to May 31st. For members of the Barmer Ersatzkasse on October 4, 2017, the reason for this is the merger of Barmer GEK and Deutscher BKK on January 1, 2017. Deutsche BKK emerged in 2003 from the BKK Volkswagen, Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Post.

2017 at the Deutsche Rentenversicherung

In 2017, voting by those insured by the Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) who are entitled to vote will only take place at the DRV Bund and DRV Saarland . There are 12 lists for postal voting only. With the other DRVs, the election takes place as a so-called peace election .

Election to the 2017 Assembly of Representatives at the German Pension Insurance Association

List no.	Suggestion list password
1	BfA DRV-Gemeinschaft - Free and independent community of interests of the insured and pensioners in the German pension insurance, health insurance, long-term care insurance and accident insurance eV
2	ver.di - United service community
3	TK-Gemeinschaft, an independent insurance company of the Techniker Krankenkasse eV
4th	Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB) Germany eV / Kolping Society Germany / Federal Association of Evangelical Workers Organizations eV (BVEA)
5	DAK-VRV eV DAK - Insured and Pension Association since 1977 at DAK-Gesundheit and the German Pension Insurance.
6th	BARMER Insurance Community - union-independent representation of interests for members, insured persons, patients and pensioners in the social insurance since 1958 - eV
7th	Industrial union metal - IG Metall
8th	DAK Membership Association, independent of trade unions. Founded in 1955. Insured persons and pensioners in health and pension insurance
9	DBB - Civil Service Association and Collective Bargaining Union -
10	KKH Insurance Association - founded in 1957. Free and independent association of members, insured persons and pensioners of the commercial health insurance company - KKH
11	Christian Trade Union Confederation of Germany - CGB -
12	Social Security Union (GdS)

Lists 2, 4 and 7 have entered a list connection. Lists 3, 6, 8 and 10 have entered into a list connection and lists 5, 9, 11 and 12 have also entered into a list connection.

2017 in the statutory health insurance

In the statutory health insurance (GKV), the members of the board of directors of the following health insurance companies are elected: Barmer GEK , Techniker Krankenkasse , DAK-Gesundheit , Commercial Health Insurance - KKH , Handelskrankenkasse and BKK RWE .

2017 in the social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture

In the social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture (SVLFG), the social election will take place nationwide for the first time since the institution was founded on January 1, 2013. The group of self-employed without external workers is chosen by voting from 11 lists, the other two groups of self-administration ( self-employed with external workers and group of insured employees ) without voting (peace election).

criticism

What is particularly critical of the social elections is that the nomination of the candidates and the composition of the lists are not transparent. It will also be difficult to determine which names stand for which tasks and positions. The DRV brochure only provides a general overview of the objectives of the lists. It remains unclear, for example, what they have already achieved or not achieved, how often the elected bodies meet and what was and is being discussed with which results. The peace election is therefore not a real election, as the candidates have already been chosen.

literature

• Moritz Eichhorn: Why the social choice is important, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung No. 21, May 28, 2017, p. 8.

Web links

• www.sozialwahl.de , joint internet portal of the largest social insurance carriers for the social elections
• BMAS - Federal election officer for the social security elections
• ver.di - www.sozialversicherung.watch
• parteivergleich.eu - List comparison for social elections 2017 (DRV Bund) Wahlhilfe with 55 questions and topic tables

Further information on self-administration and the social elections can be found on the websites of the German Pension Insurance Federation and the substitute funds.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Because of the closeness to the state, all members of the self-government are appointed. An election will not take place. " , Questions and answers on the social elections , Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, accessed on February 25, 2011
2. ↑ Free lists ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sozialwahl.de, accessed on March 1, 2011 
3. ↑ according to § 46 Abs. 3 SGB IV in connection with § 28 Abs. 3 of the election regulations for the social insurance (SVWO)
4. ↑ Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs: Federal election officer for the social security elections , bmas.de, accessed on February 25, 2011
5. ↑ BMAS: Election calendar 2017 for the elections to the representative assemblies in the pension and accident insurance and to administrative boards in the health insurance , bmas.de, pdf 45.3 kB, accessed on January 15, 2017
6. ↑ Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs: Report on the “History and Modernization of Social Security Elections ”, page 207 , bmas.de, pdf 1.2 MB, accessed on March 4, 2011
7. ↑ Cf. Wolfgang Ayaß : Hundert Jahre und noch mehr ... On the history of social elections , in: Soziale Sicherheit 62 (2013), pp. 422–426.
8. ↑ What are the costs of social choice? ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sozialwahl.de, accessed on March 1, 2011 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} January 21, 2011: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord determines the result of the social election , accessed on March 5, 2011
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} number = number of elected representatives; x = runs for social election
11. ↑ RVaktuell 10/11: After Social elections 2005 - Results and analysis , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bund.de called 4 March 2011
12. ↑ DRV Bayern Süd - Representative Assembly , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bayernsued.de, accessed on March 5, 2011
13. ^ DRV Berlin-Brandenburg: Annual Report 2009 , page 8, deutsche-rentenversicherung-berlin-brandenburg.de, accessed on March 5, 2011
14. ^ The meeting of representatives , deutsche-rentenversicherung-braunschweig-hannover.de, accessed on March 5, 2010
15. ^ DRV: The members of the representative assembly , deutsche-rentenversicherung-nordbayern.de, accessed on March 5, 2011
16. ^ DRV Rheinland - Annual Report 2009 , page 65, deutsche-rentenversicherung-rheinland.de, pdf 1.5 MB, accessed on March 5, 2011
17. ^ DRV Rhineland-Palatinate: Representative Assembly , accessed on March 5, 2011
18. ^ DRV Saarland - Annual Report 2009 , page 8, deutsche-rentenversicherung-saarland.de, pdf 2 MB
19. ↑ DRV Schwaben - Annual Report 2009 , page 11, pdf 2MB
20. ↑ Social elections 2005: Members of the Representative Assembly of the German Pension Insurance Westphalia , deutsche-rentenversicherung-westfalen.de, accessed on March 9, 2011
21. ↑ ^{a b c d} BfA community
22. ↑ ^{a b} TK community
23. ↑ ^{a b c d} DAK Insurance Association and Pensioners Association (DAK-VRV) eV
24. ↑ ^{a b c} Federal Association of Protestant Workers' Organizations
25. ↑ ^{a b c d} BARMER-GEK Insurance Association
26. ↑ ^{a b c d} BARMER GEK community
27. ↑ ^{a b c d} Industriegewerkschaft Metall ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ↑ ^{a b c d} DAK membership association
29. ↑ ^{a b} KKH Insurance Association - founded in 1957
30. ↑ ^{a b} Working Group of Christian Workers' Organizations
31. ↑ ^{a b} ACA Central Germany and Thuringia
32. ^ Barmer GEK: Members of the Board of Directors , accessed on May 25, 2011
33. ↑ TK: Members of the Board of Directors , accessed on May 25, 2011
34. ^ DAK: List holder of the Board of Directors 2005 , accessed on May 25, 2011
35. ↑ KKH Alliance: Self-Administration ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2011 
36. ↑ hkk Board of Directors ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2011 
37. ↑ ACA ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
38. ↑ hkk community
39. ↑ kkh insured community
40. ↑ ^{a b c} ver.di: Social election 2011 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
41. ↑ Dental technicians guild Bremen
42. ↑ Dental technician guild Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
43. ↑ How many eligible voters are there? ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sozialwahl.de, accessed on March 7, 2011 
44. ↑ BMAS: Election calendar 2011 for the elections to the representative assemblies in the pension and accident insurance and to administrative boards in the health insurance , bmas.de, pdf 45.8 kB, accessed on March 5, 2011
45. ↑ The Deutsche Rentenversicherung has a total of 73 million members (2009): Deutsche Rentenversicherung: Important key figures for statistics , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bund.de, accessed on March 4, 2011
46. ^ DRV Oldenburg-Bremen: Social partners agree on peace election, deutsche-rentenversicherung-oldenburg-bremen.de, accessed on March 6, 2011
47. ↑ Result of the 2011 social election at the German Federal Pension Insurance (PDF file; 42 kB), deutsche-rentenversicherung.de, accessed on July 26, 2011
48. ↑ ^{a b} February 14, 2011: DRV Knappschaft Bahn-See - Announcement of the results of the election for the DRV KBS representative meeting  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kbs.de, pdf, accessed on March 5, 2011  
49. ↑ ^{a b} DRV Baden-Württemberg: Result of the social election , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bw.de, pdf 21kB, accessed on March 5, 2011
50. ↑ December 17, 2010: DRV Hessen - Social Security Elections 2011 , accessed on March 5, 2011
51. ↑ ^{a b} Peace election at the Central German Pension Insurance Agency , deutsche-rentenversicherung-mitteldeutschland.de, pdf 110 kB, accessed on March 5, 2011
52. ↑ Announcement of the election results of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen , February 11, 2011, pdf 44 kB
53. ↑ In the case of elections without voting by the insured persons ( peace election ), the candidates on the lists approved by the election management are automatically considered elected. This occurs when there are no more candidates for election than there are seats to be allocated in the representative assembly.
    The published election results for social elections are given as sources. In the case of information without sources, no information on the social elections was given on the DRVen website. (As of March 5, 2011)
54. ↑ Who is standing for election? , deutsche-rentenversicherung.de, accessed on March 1, 2011
55. ^ Elections for social security 2011 , deutsche-rentenversicherung-hessen.de, accessed on March 5, 2011
56. ↑ February 11, 2011: Announcement of the election results of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen , pdf 44 kB, accessed on March 5, 2011
57. ^ DRV Oldenburg-Bremen: Social partners agree on peace election, January 10, 2011, accessed on March 6, 2011
58. ↑ Number = number of actually eligible voters
    (number) = number of potentially eligible voters in an election with voting
59. ↑ 30 million (2011): Sozialwahl.de: How many eligible voters are there? ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2011 
60. ↑ Insured persons and pensioners
61. ↑ 33 million (2010): Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund - The company , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bund.de, accessed on March 4, 2011
62. ↑ 3.3 million (2008): Annual report 2008 of Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See , page 2, deutsche-rentenversicherung-knappschaft-bahn-see.de, pdf (2 MB)
63. ↑ 4.8 million (2010): DRV Baden-Württemberg - company profile , accessed on March 5, 2011
64. ↑ 3.6 million (2009): DRV Bayern Süd - Annual Report 2009 , page 2, pdf 2.6 MB
65. ^ DRV Bayern Süd - About us , deutsche-rentenversicherung-bayernsued.de, October 5, 2010, accessed on March 6, 2011
66. ↑ 2.6 million (2009): DRV Berlin-Brandenburg: Annual Report 2009 , pages 31 and 32, pdf 450 kB
67. ↑ 3.0 million (2008): DRV Braunschweig-Hannover - "Numbers - Data - Facts" , 2008, pdf 2 MB
68. ↑ 2.6 million (2010): Deutsche Rentenversicherung Hessen , deutsche-rentenversicherung-hessen.de, November 5, 2010, accessed on March 5, 2011
69. ↑ 4.0 million (2010): DRV Mitteldeutschland - About Us , deutsche-rentenversicherung-mitteldeutschland.de, October 11, 2010, accessed on March 5, 2011
70. ↑ 2.9 million (2008): DRV Nord - Annual Report 2009 , page 2, pdf 1 MB
71. ↑ 2.4 million (2009): DRV Nordbayern - Annual Report 2009 , page 2, pdf 5 MB
72. ↑ 0.8 million (2009): DRV Oldenburg-Bremen - Annual Report 2009 , page 18, pdf 283 kB
73. ↑ 9.4 million (2010): DRV Rheinland - The most important things in brief , deutsche-rentenversicherung-rheinland.de, accessed on March 5, 2011
74. ↑ 2.0 million (2010): DRV Rheinland-Pfalz: company profile , deutsche-rentenversicherung-rlp.de, October 5, 2010, accessed on March 5, 2011
75. ↑ 0.4 million (2008): DRV Saarland: The most important things in brief , accessed on March 5, 2011
76. ↑ 1.4 million (2009): DRV Schwaben - Annual Report 2009 , page 2, pdf 2MB
77. ↑ 3.9 million (2009): DRV Westfalen - Annual Report 2009 , page 2, pdf 3.1 MB
78. ↑ sozialwahl.de: Who leads the social election in 2011 by a primary election (election with voting action)? ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2011 
79. ↑ Barmer-GEK - Lists for Social Elections 2011, barmer-gek.de, accessed on March 24, 2011
80. ↑ Barmer GEK press release - result of the social elections  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , barmer-gek.de, June 16, 2011  
81. ↑ Techniker Krankenkasse - Social Election 2011
82. ↑ TK: Preliminary result ( memento of the original dated June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 9, 2011 
83. ^ German employee health insurance - social election 2011
84. ↑ KKH Alliance - Social Election 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
85. ↑ hkk - Social Election 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
86. ↑ hkk community
87. ↑ kkh insured community
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90. ↑ Social elections 2017: Have a say! Retrieved June 6, 2017 . 
91. ↑ Social choice at the SVLFG
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