Press release no. 03/2013 of 13. Juni 2013
14 June 2013: 100 days left until the Bundestag election
WIESBADEN – Tomorrow, 14 June 2013, is exactly 100 days before the Bundestag election. For that reason, the Federal Returning Officer has compiled some figures on the 2013 Bundestag Election, the “Election in Figures”.
Counting the days before the Bundestag election is of special importance in terms of electoral law: for every election there is a schedule which specifies the exact, legally prescribed dates and deadlines that have to be observed by everyone concerned. For example, the 35th day before the election (18 August 2013) is the date on which all people entitled to vote who are registered with the residents’ registration offices on that very day are entered in the register of voters. The 21st day before the election (1 September 2013) is the last day for notifying the people entitled to vote of their registration in the voters’ register. The complete schedule and further information on the 2013 Bundestag Election as well as statistics on all previous Bundestag elections can be found on the Federal Returning Officer’s website at www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
2013 Bundestag Election in Figures:
1 Federal Returning Officer organises the Bundestag election in Germany.
2 votes can be cast by each person entitled to vote.
3.6 percent of those entitled to vote are 18 to 20 years old.
5 percent hurdle: parties have to obtain at least five percent of the valid votes cast in all of Germany to win seats in the Bundestag.
16 Land returning officers hold the Bundestag election in the Länder.
18:00 hours: the polling stations close and the counting of the votes begins.
20.1 percent of the people entitled to vote are 70 years or older.
21 euros of refreshment allowance are paid to poll workers for their help on election day.
22 September 2013 – election day.
30 days after the election is the deadline by which the newly elected Bundestag must hold its constituent meeting.
48 days before the election (5 August 2013) is the last date for announcing in the constituencies which Land lists of parties and which candidates for direct election have been admitted.
51.5 percent of those entitled to vote in the 2013 Bundestag Election are women.
64 is the number of constituencies in Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Land with the largest population.
69 days before the election – by 15 July 2013 – the Land lists and constituency nominations must have been received by the Land and constituency returning officers.
70 cents are paid to the parties for each valid vote won.
79 days before the election – on 5 July 2013 – the Federal Electoral Committee in Berlin decides which of the associations that have given notice of their participation have to be recognised as parties for the election.
97 days before the election – by 17 June 2013 – parties which are not represented in the German Bundestag or in a Land parliament by at least five deputies have to notify the Federal Returning Officer of their participation in the election.
299 is the number of constituencies at the Bundestag election where candidates stand for direct election; 299 constituency returning officers organise the Bundestag election in the constituencies.
598 is the number of seats in the 18th German Bundestag (excluding excess mandates).
In 1949 the 1st German Bundestag was elected, that was exactly 64 years ago.
Some 10,000 postal ballot districts are set up for the Bundestag election.
Some 80,000 polling stations will be open to the voters on 22 September 2013 from 8:00 to 18:00 hours.
More than 600,000 volunteer poll workers will help at the polling stations and with the postal ballot on election day.
3 million young people are entitled to vote for the first time in the Bundestag election.
A total of 61.8 million people are entitled to vote in the 2013 Bundestag Election.
For further information:
Office of the Federal Returning Officer
tel: +49 611 75-4863
www.bundeswahlleiter.de/contact