The system of election into the Bundestag  The Bundestag is elected in a so called „personalized-proportional system  Everybody has two votes  First vote for a candidate in the constituency after the „first-past-the-post system in one of the 299 constituencies in Germany Second vote is for a party list, which represent the strength of a party in the Bundestag First the 299 directly elected candidates become members Of the Bundestag (mostly candidates of CDU/ CSU or SPD) After that the list candidates fill the vacant 299 seats Proportional after the strength of the party by the results of the second vote.