Talk:Results of 2005 German federal election

My lame original reporting: Watching TV ;). --Deprifry 10:20, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

The sum of the seats in the projection is 611, but the available seats are 598. Is it a mistake?--84.148.40.198 20:29, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Halva


 * That is due to the very, very complicated German voting system with its overhang seats. --Deprifry 20:32, 18 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the answers. I have noticed only now the words "598 seats (more in care of overhang seats)", sorry for bothering :) --84.148.40.198 20:43, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Halva
 * Actually I added that explanation after you asked your question here, so there was no way for you to know :). --Deprifry 20:45, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm following this very interesting election from Sweden and have just learnt about the situation in Dresden 1 and the so called "overhang seats" awarded on top of the 598 seats. With these overhang seats, what is the theoretical upper limit of seats in the Bundestag?--83.227.37.163 23:53, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Per M


 * I guess if one party gets 99,9 % of the first votes and 0,1 % of the second votes and another 0,1 % of the first and 99,9 of the second, I think the size of the Bundestag could increase to 598 (regular seat count) + 299 (if all won constiuencies are overhang seats) = 897. Of course thats purly theoretical and the 15 overhang seats we have now is already pretty high. --Deprifry 05:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Actual Results
When can we expect some ACTUAL results from Germany then? Getting fed up of watching the exit polls update.
 * Preliminary results are expected to be announced between 2 AM and 3 AM CEST (GMT+2). However, actual results will not be seen before October 2nd; see Voting_chaos_in_Germany_expected.

NPOV? No quoptes from Merkel


 * WTF?! It had quotes but apparently they were deleted with this edit and nobody noticed. I've restored them. --Deprifry 13:58, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Merkel Image
The Image is not PD and has been deleted on commons. Please remove. --82.83.39.157 07:50, 31 August 2006 (UTC)