Question 112

Question 82 of 300Politics in a Democracy

The elections in Germany are ...

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Correct answer to question 112: secret.

Explanation

Article 38 of the Basic Law requires Bundestag elections to be universal, direct, free, equal and secret. Secret means no one may learn how an individual voted, which is why ballots are marked in a private booth and folded before going into the urn.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Die Wahlen in Deutschland sind …

  1. speziell.
  2. geheim.
  3. berufsbezogen.
  4. geschlechtsabhängig.

Last updated: November 2026

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