Candidates for the 2021 Bundestag Elections

The data set contains information on the candidates Düsseldorf for the Bundestag election on 26 September 2021. Participation in elections is central to the right to vote enshrined in Article 38 of the Basic Law. Not only can candidates from political parties compete, but also electorate groups and individual candidates. Election proposals can be submitted by parties and individual applicants. Parties can participate in the Bundestag election with their own district election proposals in the constituencies as well as with their own country election proposals (land lists) in the Länder. A party may submit only one country list in each country. Country lists can only be submitted by parties. Individual applicants can be proposed by voters or groups of voters and can run in a (any) constituency in Germany without having to have a residence there.