The electoral system in Germany is a …

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Why is this answer correct?

Germany combines majority voting (first vote in the constituency) with proportional representation (second vote via the Land list). Census suffrage, the three-class franchise and pure male suffrage belong to the past and do not apply.

First vote majority, second vote proportional – a mixed electoral system.

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