At Bundestag elections there are constituency electoral committees. A joint constituency electoral committee may be formed for serval neighbouring constituencies; the land returning officer shall issue the order.

The members of the constituency electoral committee shall be appointed by the constituency returning officer. The committee is composed of the constituency returning officer as chairperson and six committee members. They shall meet in public session.

The duties of the constituency electoral committee are:

• to decide on directions given by the constituency returning officer concerning the elimination of defects in constituency nominations,
• to decide on the admission of constituency nominations,
• to scrutinize decisions taken by electoral boards in the polling districts,
• to ascertain which second votes shall be disregarded by way of exception pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6 (1) of the Federal Elections Act and from which Land lists these votes are to be deducted,
• to ascertain the number of votes cast in the constituency and to declare which candidate has been elected as the member representing the constituency.

• to scrutinize decisions taken by the electoral boards,
• to establish the election results in the district or urban district.