Also means
election participation
Usage Note
Wahlbeteiligung combines Wahl (election) and Beteiligung (participation) and names the share of eligible voters who actually vote. It is feminine and usually appears in the singular, often with a percentage: eine hohe Wahlbeteiligung. Journalists cite it as a measure of democratic engagement.
Examples
"Die Wahlbeteiligung lag diesmal bei nur sechzig Prozent."
Natural Translation
Voter turnout was only sixty percent this time.
Literal Translation
The voter-turnout lay this-time at only sixty percent.
Related Words
- Abgeordnete delegate
- Abgeordnetenmandat parliamentary mandate, MP's seat and commission
- Abstimmung vote
- Abstimmungsergebnis result of a vote, voting outcome
- Abstimmungsmarathon voting marathon; extended series of successive votes in parliament
- Abstimmungsverhalten voting behaviour (in a parliament or assembly)
- Amtsinhaber incumbent
- Amtszeit term of office
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