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Eligibility to stand for election

Eligibility to stand for election is the right to be elected.

A person is eligible to stand for election if on election day, he or she

  • is a German citizen as defined in Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law and
  • has reached the age of eighteen.

A person is ineligible to stand for election if he or she

  • is disqualified from voting (Bundestag election: Section 13 of the Federal Elections Act, European election: Section 6a of the European Elections Act) or
  • has been deprived by judicial decision of the eligibility to stand for election or hold public office.

Last update: 1 May 2016