The more "second votes" a party receives in a Bundestag election, the ...
Question 93 of 300 · General section
Correct answer
more seats the party receives in parliament.
All answer options
- 1fewer first votes she can have.
- 2more of the party's direct candidates enter parliament.
- 3greater is the risk of having to form a coalition.
- 4more seats the party receives in parliament.Correct
Why is this answer correct?
The second vote determines the distribution of seats in the Bundestag: a party's second-vote share sets how many seats it receives overall. The first vote only elects the constituency candidate. This is why the second vote is the politically more important one.
Facts about this question
- Question number
- 93 of 460
- Section
- General section (questions 1–300)
- Success rate
- 97% answer it correctly
- Source
- Official BAMF question catalogue
This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.
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