Wahlchaos in NRW: 18 parties are allowed to compete - who will win?
Wahlchaos in NRW: 18 parties are allowed to compete - who will win?
The North Rhine-Westphalian State Election Committee decided on January 24, 2025 to admit state lists for the upcoming Bundestag election on February 23, 2025. Of a total of 24 submitted state lists, 18 were approved. The approved parties include the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
The full list of approved parties includes the following organizations:
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
- Bündnis 90/The Greens (Greens)
- Free Democratic Party (FDP)
- Alternative for Germany (AfD)
- Die Linke
- party human environmental protection (animal protection party)
- the party
- Grunddemocratic Party Germany (Diebasis)
- The justice party - Team Todenhöfer
- Free voters
- volt Germany
- Marxist-Leninist party in Germany (MLPD)
- Party of Progress (PDF)
- Bündnis Germany
- Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - reason and justice (BSW)
- mera25 - together for European independence
- Value Union
rights of the complainants
The parties whose lists were not approved have the opportunity to submit complaints to the Federal Election Committee by January 27, 2025. The committee will decide on these symptoms on January 30, 2025 in Berlin. On this day, the North Rhine-Westphalian state election committee will also advise about complaints on district election proposals.
The value union managed to collect more than 2,000 supporter signatures to take part in the Bundestag election. A total of 2,317 signatures were submitted. The collection of signatures was a challenge for the party in view of the shortened deadline and the holidays.
election mode and conditions
The 21st German Bundestag is elected in the Bundestag election, which takes place on February 23, 2025. The choice is made by general, immediate, free, same and secret voices. All persons who are at least 18 years old on election day are entitled to vote and have German citizenship and have been living in Germany for at least three months.eligible voters have two votes: the first vote for a direct candidate and the second vote for a party list that decides on the proportional distribution of the mandates. The number of deputies in the Bundestag limited a voting right reform from 2023 to 630. Overhang and compensation mandates are eliminated.
In the context of this important choice, the state association of the values union in North Rhine-Westphalia includes over 300 members, which makes it the largest in Germany. Among the direct candidates are Sylvia Pantel for Düsseldorf-Süd and Frank Köhler for Krefeld.
For more information on deadlines and regulations related to the election, interested citizens can visit the official website of the Federal election manager
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