Abolishing the basic mandate favours larger and well-established political parties, and makes it more difficult for smaller, regional or newer parties to achieve parliamentary representation proportional to their level of support. For example, the new electoral system does clearly have a negative impact on some regional parties not having an organisation in many Länder but still being widely popular in some of them, as they may not gain the required percentage of votes nationwide.For example, some parties may be well established in certain constituencies but not have the outreach to the entire country, subsequently impacting their overall nationwide performance. Moreover, according to Section 18(2), only parties for which a Land list has been approved in the relevant federal state may nominate constituency candidates. While such a change gives priority to the principle of the coverage/distribution of votes (based on proportional votes), this limits a party’s internal decisions and prevents it from nominating candidates in the constituencies only.