Chancellor, South Dakota Chancellor, South Dakota Chancellor is a town in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 264 at the 2010 census. The community was named for Otto von Bismarck, a 19th-century German chancellor. Chancellor is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Chancellor has been assigned ZIP code 57015 and FIPS place code 11380. As of the census of 2010, there were 264 people, 118 households, and 75 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 131 housing units at
Chancellor of Germany invests the chancellor (German, "Bundeskanzler") with broad powers to initiate government policy. For that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "chancellor democracy". Whichever major party (CDU/CSU or SPD) does not hold the chancellorship usually calls its leading candidate for the federal election "chancellor-candidate" ("Kanzlerkandidat"). The federal government ("Bundesregierung") consists of the chancellor and his or her cabinet ministers. The chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and in practice from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the "Bundestag" (federal