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Share of women and age distribution: This is the new Bundestag
The gender distribution in the new Bundestag: An interactive version of the graphic can be found below
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The new Bundestag met for its first session on Tuesday. See what the proportion of women and the age distribution looks like in the political groups.
The 20th German Bundestag has 736 members – a record. Parliament met on Tuesday for its constituent session. The date also means the end of the previous government and thus the end of the Merkel era. The Chancellor will only remain in office until the new federal government is in place. Parliament itself already has a new head. Bärbel Bas was elected as the new President of the Bundestag – in terms of protocol the second highest office in the state.
Women in the Bundestag are still clearly in the minority
The SPD politician is the third woman in this position. she is one of 257 female members of parliament. The proportion of men is almost twice as high at 479. A look at the individual parliamentary groups shows that only the Greens and Leftists have more women than men in the parliamentary group. You can find an interactive version of the graphic below in the article
Age distribution in the political groups
The graphic below shows the distribution of the birth cohorts in the fractions. The data were made available by the Bundestag on request. The oldest member is Alexander Gauland from the AfD, born in 1941, the youngest members (both born in 1998) Emilia Fester and Niklas Wagener from the Greens.
Interactive graphic: The 20th Bundestag
In the graphic above you can see for yourself how the Bundestag is occupied. Each point stands for a member of parliament: You can use the menu to regroup, sort, colorize and compare the points with other attributes – for example year of birth or gender.
Example: If you want to find out what the relationship between direct and list mandates looks like in the political groups, first click on “Group by” and then select “Group”. Via the menu you can set the view mode, bar or bubble. Then select “Color by”, “Fraction” and finally “Compare with” and “Directly or List”. As a result, you will see the graphic with the desired ratio. By hovering or clicking on a single point, you can see more details about the respective MP or MP.
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