Geese, LucasLucasGeese0000-0002-5085-5029Schacht, DianaDianaSchacht2019-09-192018-11-2920180192-5121https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/44890Does the geographical concentration of ethnic minorities influence their descriptive representation in closed-list systems? Counterintuitive to the idea that single-member district electoral rules are necessary for minorities’ geographical representation, we argue that, in closed-list systems, parties are incentivised to allocate promising list positions to those minority candidates who are based in geographical areas where minorities concentrate. Empirically, we provide a case study of the list positions of dual candidates of immigrant origin running in the German mixed-member system in 2013. Results show a relationship between the list positions of candidates of immigrant origin and geographical concentrations of immigrant-origin residents.engDescriptive representationmixed-member systemsimmigrant-origin candidatesgeographical concentrationsethnic minorities320article10.1177/0192512118796263