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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 becomes more complicated by the upcoming voting right reform. Because even with a direct mandate, the move into the Bundestag could be made more difficult because the size of the Bundestag is to be reduced. The parliament currently has 736 seats, while the statutory number is 598. In order to achieve this reduction, overhang and compensation mandates are dispensed with, which in the past ensured that more seats were given than intended. With their first vote, the elected decide who wins in their constituency, while the second voice determines the entire proportional representation of the parties in the Bundestag.
How Bundesagenwahl-bw.de reports, the candidates are challenged both by winning their constituencies and their placement on the state lists in order to be able to move into parliament. The new regulation states that constituency winners do not automatically sit in the Bundestag if their result is not covered by the proportion of second votes. This means that every candidate who wants to be successful in the election campaign must make a promising list place to maximize the chances of a seat in the Bundestag.