The New Republic Electoral Law

The New Republic Electoral Law

Election according to land list, the electoral law reform presented by the SPD to the Reichstag:

1. For the distribution of the seats to be filled according to the Land list, the second votes cast for each Land list shall be added together. The second voters of those who have cast their first vote for a successful candidate in the constituency who is proposed in accordance to the constitution or picked by a party which is not taken into account in the distribution of seats in accordance with the law, or for which no land list is permitted in the country concerned shall not be taken into account. From the total number of deputies, the umber of successful constituency candidates mentioned in sentence 2 is deducted.
2. In first distribution, the total number of seats shall in calculation procedure to be first assigned to the States according to their share of population and then in each state th number of seats remaining there in accordance with law to the land list, on the basis of the second votes to be taken into account. Each list recieves as many seats as are obtained after dividing the sum of its second votes received by an allocation divisor. Fractions of numbers below 0.5% are rounded down to the integer below, those above 0.5% are rounded up to the integer above. Fractions of the number equal to 0.5% shall be rounded up or rounded in such a way to ensure that the number of seats to be allocated is respected, if there are several possible seat allocations, thelot is to be drawn by the Reichs Returning Officer to decde. he allocation divisor shall be determined in such a way that a total of as many seats are allocated to the Land lists as there are seats to be allocated. For this purpose, the total number of second votes of all Land lists to be taken into account is first divided by the number of seats remaining in accordance with paragraph 1 sentence 3. If there are more seats on the Land lists than seats are to be allocated, the allocation divisor shall be increased in such a way that the number of seats to be allocated is determined in the calculation; if too few seats are allocated to the Land lists, the allocation divisor must be reduced accordingly.
3. When allocating seats to the land lists, only parties which receive atleast 5% are valid second votes cast in the electoral area or which have won a seat in atleast 6 constituencies shall be taken into account.

4. The number of seats  thus determined for each state (land) list shall be used to calculate the number of seats won by the party in the constituencies of the state. Seats won in constituencies shall remain with a party even if they exceed the number determined in accordance fir the second and third paragraph.

5. The number of seats remaining in accordance with the law shall be increased until each party receives at least the total number of seats allocated to its land list in accordance with the law in the second distribution of seats. Each land list shall be assigned the higher value of either the number of seats won in the state by candidates of the party in the constituencies referred to in law or the average between these and the seats determined for the state list of the part after the first distribution in accordance with paragraph 2 and 3 rounded up to a whole seat(s). Each party shall receive at least the seats determined for its land list during the first distribution referred to in paragraph 2 and 3. The increase shall not take into account seats won in the land constituencies which cannot be three. The total number of seats is increased by the number of differences.
6. The seats allocated in accordance with paragraph 5 shall in any case be distributed nation wide to the parties to be taken into account in the accordance with paragraph 3 in the calculation procedure described in pragraph 2 sentence 2 to 7 according to the number of second votes to be taken into account. In the parties, the seats shall be distributed in paragraph 2 sentence 2 to 7, each land list shall be allocated atleast the number of seats determined for it in accordance with paragraph 5 sentence 2. The number of seats determined for each land list is used to calculate tehe number of seats won by the party in the constituencies of the land. Seats won in the constituencies remain with a party even if they exceed the number determined in accordance with sentence 1. In this case, the total number of seats shall be increased by the difference, a new calculation according to sentence 1 shall not take place. The remaining seats are to be filled from the land list in the order specified therein. Candidates elected in a constituency are not included on the land list, if there are more seats on a land list than candidates are nominated, these seats remain vacant.

7.  If, in the distribution of seats referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6, a party representing more than half of the total number of second votes of all parties to be taken into account does not receive more than half of the seats, it shall be allocated further seats until it has one seat more than half of the seats. The seats are distributed in the party in accordance with paragraph 6 sentences 2 to 6. In such a case, the total number of seats determined in accordance with law shall be increased by the difference.