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Municipal and district elections; contesting an election result
A municipal and district election can be contested with the legal supervisory authority due to a violation of electoral regulations.
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Procedure details
Description
An electoral challenge may be filed against the final result announced by the election committee up to 14 days after the announcement if electoral regulations were violated during the preparation or conduct of the elections (Art. 51 GLKrWG).
Requirements
An election challenge may be submitted by any person entitled to vote in the constituency and by any candidate listed in an approved election proposal.
Proceedings
The election challenge must be signed personally and by hand and submitted in the original to the responsible legal supervisory authority. The responsible legal supervisory authority is the district administration office for municipalities belonging to a district and the government for municipalities and districts not belonging to a district.
Fees
The proceedings are free of charge (Art. 3 No. 12 Costs Act).
Deadlines
The election challenge can be submitted at the earliest after the announcement of the final election result and must be submitted no later than 14 days after the announcement of the final election result.
Appeal
The decision to contest the election may be appealed through the administrative courts (Art. 51 a GLKrWG).
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State and district elections; information
The Bavarian State Parliament and the district assemblies are elected for a term of five years.
Status: 03.07.2024
Editorial responsibility Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration
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