List of Bundestag constituencies explained

Under Germany's mixed member proportional system of election, the Bundestag has 299 constituencies (German: Wahlkreise (pronounced as /de/), electoral districts), each of which may elect one member of the Bundestag by first-past-the-post voting (a plurality of votes). At least 331 more representatives are elected from closed lists in each of Germany's sixteen Länder, distributed in a manner that ensures that the overall proportion of representatives for each party above the threshold is approximately equal to the proportion of votes its list received nationwide.[1]

Voting was last held in Germany's constituencies on 27 September 2021, determining the members of the 20th Bundestag.

List of seats by Land

Baden-Württemberg

38 constituencies:

Bavaria

47 constituencies:

In the 2025 German federal election, Memmingen – Unterallgäu will be contested for the first time.

Berlin

12 constituencies:

Brandenburg

10 constituencies:

Bremen

2 constituencies:

Hamburg

6 constituencies:

Hesse

22 constituencies:

Lower Saxony

30 constituencies:

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

6 constituencies:

North Rhine-Westphalia

64 constituencies:

Rhineland-Palatinate

15 constituencies:

Saarland

4 constituencies:

Saxony

16 constituencies:

Saxony-Anhalt

8 constituencies:

Schleswig-Holstein

11 constituencies:

Thuringia

8 constituencies:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Offizielle Seite der Bundeswahlleitung . Die Bundeswahlleiterin . 22 November 2023 . de.