Constituency of Coesfeld: Your voice is so important on February 21!
Constituency of Coesfeld: Your voice is so important on February 21!
On February 21, 2025, the Coesfeld district calls for participation in the upcoming Bundestag election. Dr. Linus Tepe, district director and district election manager, emphasizes the immense importance of the turnout. The Bundestag election is a crucial opportunity to actively help shape democracy. A total of 194,330 citizens are entitled to vote in constituency 126 Coesfeld - Steinfurt II, including more than 6,300 first voters who can take part in this election for the first time.
By the cut -off date, 70,994 voters have already applied for a voting certificate, whereby around 36.5 percent of the voters in the constituency plan to use the postal voting. Another aspect is the possibility of pursuing the results of the election online, whereby the first results are expected around 7 p.m. The district of Coesfeld has an urgently appeals to all voters to use their voting rights and actively participate in democratic will formation.
voting right reform and their effects
The Bundestag election 2025 takes place under the influence of a comprehensive voting right reform, which was decided in March 2023. This reform leads to significant changes, since the number of Bundestag mandates is limited to 630, while overhang and equalization mandates are eliminated. In the future, seats must be covered by the second vote result, which means that only parties with at least 5 percent of the second votes or those that receive the most first votes in at least three constituencies.
The distribution of the seats takes place in two steps: First, the votes are distributed to the parties according to their second vote result. After that, the seats are allocated to the parties' state lists, with the distribution of the seats to the federal states in accordance with the proportion of nationwide second votes. This means that the first voice loses importance, while the second voice becomes decisive for the distribution of seats in the Bundestag.
political landscape and election campaign
The election campaign for the Bundestag election 2025 began after the former finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and the breaking of the traffic light coalition in November 2024. All Chancellor and top candidates of the parties have been determined, and the public relations work of the Bundestag factions is limited six weeks before the election. The Bundestag, which currently has 733 MPs, is now being reduced to the target size of 630 MPs. The constituent meeting of the new Bundestag will take place at the latest 30 days after the election.
It is also interesting that constituencies can be represented in the Bundestag without direct candidates. This means that the parties' seats will initially be awarded to the constituency winners, while remaining seats go to the candidates of the state lists. The five percent hurdle remains, although there are exceptions to national minorities. The basic mandate clause allows parties with at least three direct mandates to move into parliament, even if they receive less than five percent of the votes.In an exciting political scenery, the Coesfeld district now draws its citizens' attention to the upcoming decisions. The election on February 23, 2025 will be crucial, not only for the future composition of the Bundestag, but also for the direction that Germany will take in the coming years. This makes active participation in the election all the more important.
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