section_path: Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)/Election/Regular Chancellor election/Second voting phase
section_name: Second voting phase
paragraph_text: Second voting phase
  
  If this nominee is not elected, the right of nomination is transferred onto the Bundestag: Candidates can now be nominated for election, whereby a nomination must be supported by at least a quarter of all MPs. The Bundestag can hold any number of ballots in this manner for two weeks. To be elected, a candidate still needs a "chancellor majority" of yes-votes.