[eabinga]

So there are 2 seats in each district? How does that work?

No, there is one seat per district.

But there are the same amount of seats allocated for indirect votes.

Each German get 2 votes. With his first vote, he votes for a candidate in his district. The one with the most votes wins and gets a seat.

With his second vote, he votes for a party. The party has a list with candidates on it. Lets say one party gets 10% of the votes, that means that party gets 10% of the remaining 299 seats. (about 29 seats, there are rules on how decimals are handled), so the first 29 candidates on the party's list get a seat also.

[Dog]

With his second vote, he votes for a party. The party has a list with candidates on it. Lets say one party gets 10% of the votes, that means that party gets 10% of the remaining 299 seats. (about 29 seats, there are rules on how decimals are handled), so the first 29 candidates on the party's list get a seat also.

Mind blowing stuff!

[vbmoneyspender]

what are the possibilities for the maximum number of extra seats? Are we talking about a possibility of 10 extra seats here?

[marajade]

You weren't being sarcastic when you described the system as clever were you?

[Torie]

I see, so there are really two seperate elections, one a popular vote proportional election for half the seats, and the other a first past the post district election. Have I finally got it?

[eabinga]

I actually got that wrong...

The party that has 10% of the votes is entitled to 10% of the 598 seats. But if it has too many directly elected representatives, it gets extra seats.

[Lessismore]

Plus the overhang seats are calculated by Land, not nationally.