The civil society organization „Gestaltungszentrale Politik“ has produced an excellent brief video explaining in under three minutes how the German electoral system works. Sven T. Siefken served as an advisor.
The Federal Elections to the German Bundestag will be held on September 28, 2025. It will be the first time that the reformed electoral law will be used. A new graph – now available in German – by Daniel Hellmann and Sven T. Siefken helps explain how the new electoral law works. More here: https://x.com/i_parl/status/1839987608748695696
The new research project “Redesigning Democratic Representation”, led by Friedrich von Borries and Sven T. Siefken, is launching a design competition for the ballot box. At the occasion of the general election to the Bundestag, designers are challenged to take stock of the ballot box used in their home electoral district and develop a model…
On July 30, the Constitutional Court of Germany made a decision on the contested reform of electoral law. Sven T. Siefken explains the new law and discusses the reform process in his analysis on the end of a never-ending story. This is the electoral law that will be applied in the upcoming 2025 Bundestag election….
The upcoming general elections will be the first application of the new electoral law of Germany that was reformed in 2023 and then changed by the Constitutional Court in 2024 in some details. In a new article, published in “German Politics & Society”, Sven T. Siefken analyzes the process of electoral reform and explains how…
On March 17, the German Bundestag passed the electoral reform bill after heated debate. It will limit the size of parliament at 630 members and uphold the principles of personalized proportional representation. March 16 and 17, Sven T. Siefken participated in a workshop of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, discussing the electoral reform and its consequences.
Wie wird der Bundestag gewählt? Daniel Hellmann und Sven T. Siefken (vom Institut für Parlamentarismusforschung und der Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung) stellen das Wahlrecht zum Deutschen Bundestag vor, so wie es nach der Reform im Jahr 2023 und der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes vom 30.7.2024 gilt. Nach diesem neuen Wahlrecht findet die Bundestagswahl im…