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 (1949–present) the office of Chancellor has fallen vacant, which happens if the Chancellor dies or resigns, or if a newly elected "Bundestag" ("Federal Diet", the German Parliament) meets for the first time, the Chancellor is elected by a majority of the members of the "Bundestag" upon the proposal of the President ("Bundespräsident", literally "Federal President") ("1st voting phase"). This vote is one of the few cases in which a decision requires a majority of all elected members of the "Bundestag", not just a majority of those assembled at the time. This is referred to as the "Kanzlermehrheit" ("chancellor majority"), and is