Bundestag (Baden-Württemberg)

The Bundestag (German pronunciation: [ˈbʊndəstaːk], "Federal Diet") is the lower house of the parliament of Baden-Württemberg. Its upper house counterpart is the Bundesrat, though the Bundestag holds more power.
The Bundestag is elected by the population with universal adult suffrage every four years, beginning in 1921. The last election was in 1931.
Elections may be held before four years after the previous election if the Bundestag is dissolved. This may happen in two ways. The first way is if the head of government, the Bundeskanzler, is ousted through a vote of no confidence from the Bundestag. The Bundestag will be dissolved by the President of the Bundestag with the approval of the President of the Confederation in this case. The second way is if the President of the Confederation chooses to dissolve the Bundestag. In either case, new elections must be held in the next October, after which the current Bundestag will be officially replaced.
The seats are distributed based on a party-list proportional representation system. Voters choose a party from a ballot list and seats are distributed to each party approximately based on their popular vote share. The amount of seats is decided approximately based on the total population, with 1 seat being equal to 30,000 individuals. Thus the amount of seats changes each election, when the seat count is adjusted based on the new total population, which is done by comparing the latest census data with population growth statistics.
Category:Baden-Württemberg‏‎er legislatures