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Section 42
 

Establishment of the Election Result for the Land Lists



(1) The Land Electoral Committee shall establish how many votes have been cast in the Land for the individual Land lists.


(2) The Federal Electoral Committee shall establish how many seats have been won by the individual Land lists and which candidates have been elected. The Land Returning Officer shall notify the candidates elected and advise them that after the final establishment of the election result for the electoral territory by the Federal Electoral Committee, they shall attain membership of the German Bundestag with the opening of the first meeting following elections and that a refusal of membership must be declared to the Land Returning Officer.