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Fight for direct mandates: Who will conquer Cuxhaven-Stade II?
Important decisions are due in the Cuxhaven constituency on February 23rd. Candidates fight for direct mandates and state list places.
Fight for direct mandates: Who will conquer Cuxhaven-Stade II?
There will be a central election in Germany on February 23, 2024, in which Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz will enter the race as the parties' top candidates. While the SPD put together its own state list at the district party conference in the Cuxhaven-Stade II constituency last weekend, placement on this list will be of great importance. The party chairman Lars Klingbeil and the promising young candidate Özge Kadah were able to secure the top places. However, Daniel Schneider, who came in fourth place, emphasizes that the strength of the SPD list has more weight than his personal ranking. He has clearly set himself the goal of winning the direct mandate for his constituency, which is also what Christoph Frauenpreiß from the CDU, who is in 20th place on the CDU state list, is striving for.
New electoral system and important regulations
The path to parliament will become more complicated due to the upcoming electoral law reform. Even with a direct mandate, entry into the Bundestag could be made more difficult, as the size of the Bundestag is to be reduced. Parliament currently has 736 seats, while the legal maximum number is 598. In order to achieve this reduction, overhang and compensatory mandates, which in the past ensured that more seats were allocated than intended, will be dispensed with. Voters use their first vote to decide who wins in their constituency, while the second vote determines the overall proportional representation of the parties in the Bundestag.
How bundestagswahl-bw.de reported, the candidates are challenged both by winning their constituencies and by being placed on the state lists in order to be able to enter parliament. The new regulation means that constituency winners do not automatically sit in the Bundestag if their result is not covered by the share of second votes. This means that every candidate who wants to be successful in the election campaign must strive for a promising place on the list in order to maximize their chances of getting a seat in the Bundestag.