The ballot papers and the envelopes for the postal ballot shall be officially produced under the authority of the government. In Bundestag elections, the ballot paper shall contain:

• for elections in the constituency, the names of the candidates from the approved constituency nominations; in the case of constituency nominations by parties, also the names of these parties as well as any shortened form of their names they may use; in respect of other constituency nominations, also the distinctive identifying word,
• for Land list elections, the names of the parties and any shortened form of their names if such form is used by them, as well as the family names and forenames of the first five candidates from the approved Land lists.

• the names of the parties as well as any shortened form of their names if such a form is used by them and, in the case of other political associations, their names and their distinctive code names if such a name is used by them,
• the designation of the nominations as Land lists or combined lists for all Länder and, in the case of Land lists, the Land for which the nomination was made, and
• the forenames and family names of the first ten candidates of the nominations admitted, their occupations or positions, the municipality of their place of residence (main place of residence) and, in the case of candidates for combined lists, also the abbreviation of the Land in which the municipality of the place of residence is located. 

• Each voter has only one vote.
• Only lists are voted for, not individual candidates.
• For each nomination (list), the ballot paper specifies whether the list has been compiled for a specific Land or as a combined list for all Länder.
• Not only the first five candidates are named but the first ten. 
   

• Order of nominations on the ballot paper