The results appear to be final. Those Germans sure count faster than the Aussies.
The state elections that determine the control to the upper house are staggered. I think Merkel lost her majority there some time ago. In the chamber they have to vote by state, they can send as many members as they have votes but they can just send 1 to cast all the votes if they want, several states are governed by a CDU/SPD coalitions since the FDP has been getting it’s ass kicked in state elections too, very weird system. Basically to control it you have to have control enough state governments to make up a majority of seats. Bigger states have more seats.
Weird and complicated. So if we did that here for the US House the Illinois legislature could appoint Dick Durban to cast all 18 votes or could send 18 members but they’d have to vote together.
Knowing Illinois politics, they'd pick the latter option and find 17 more hacks/cronies who will vote as a bloc the way Mike Madigan tells them to. More cushy government jobs for Chicago machine loyalty (probably most of the ones who end up in the electoral college would get a U.S. Senate seat).