A constituency candidate runs for a Bundestag constituency seat in a specific constituency.
A person may only be named as a party candidate in a constituency nomination if he or she is
not a member of another party and has been selected for this purpose in an assembly of party
members convened for the selection of a constituency candidate or in a special or general assembly
of party delegates.
Candidates without party affiliation may also run for a constituency seat as individual
candidates in a constituency if 200 persons entitled to vote in that very constituency support that
candidature with their signatures.
Legal bases:
Bundestag election: Sections 20, 21 of the Federal Elections Act (BWG)
Last update: April 2011
