Meanwhile, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) made historic gains ... which combines direct constituency votes and ...

Around 61 million people aged 18 and over are eligible to vote in Germany's federal (general) elections. In a system known as "personalised proportional representation", each person gets two votes ...

But it's the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party that caught the attention of many analysts ahead of this election. The AfD has ... This proportional representation system is ...