Establishment of the Election Result for the Land Lists
(1) The Land Electoral Committee establishes how many votes have been cast in the Land for the individual Land lists. The Federal Electoral Committee determines how many seats go to the individual Land lists.
(2) The Land Electoral Committee establishes, on a preliminary basis, which candidates have been elected. The Land Returning Officer notifies the candidates elected and advises them that after the final establishment of the election result for the electoral area by the
Federal Electoral Committee as per subsection (3), first sentence, they attain membership of the German Bundestag with the opening of the first meeting following the election and that a refusal of membership must be declared to the Land Returning Officer.
(3) The Federal Electoral Committee establishes the election result and conclusively determines which candidates have been elected. The Federal Returning Officer notifies the candidates.