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Federal elections were held in Germany on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 17th Bundestag. [1]The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) won the election, and the three parties formed a new centre-right government with Angela Merkel as chancellor.
The court allowed three years for these changes, so the 2009 federal election was not affected. [2] The Bundestag is elected using mixed-member proportional representation. Each voter has two votes, a first vote for the election of a constituency candidate (by method of first-past-the-post [3]), and a second vote for the election of a state ...
Following the Hesse state elections in January 2009, which strengthened CDU and FDP, and the Free Voters' promise to support Köhler, his reelection was seen as likely; however, CDU/CSU, FDP and Free Voters only had a slim majority in the Federal Assembly (50.16%), which made the election very competitive. In the end, Köhler was reelected in ...
The Alternative for Germany secured 32.8% of the vote in the German state of Thuringia, taking a nine-point lead ahead of the conservative CDU.
Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag (Germany's federal parliament), the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.. Several articles in several parts of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany govern elections and establish constitutional requirements such as the secret ballot, and the requirement that all elections be conducted in a free and fair manner.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...
With a year to go until Germany’s national election, the results look punishing for chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition. The far-right’s top candidate in Thuringia, Björn Höcke ...
Pages in category "2009 elections in Germany" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Results of the 2009 German federal election; S.