I am thinking about how the Republic of China - Taiwan - kept deputies from mainland China in its parliament for decades, even though no elections were possible in their districts. These "aging deputies" from before 1949 simply remained in office until they died, though normal elections were held for seats in Taiwan-based districts. IIRC sometime in the 1980s or 1990s the remaining aging deputies were retired, and their parliament was redistricted based solely on population in Taiwan.
WI West Germany had done something similar: created seats in the Bundestag to represent East Germany - as a way of asserting that Germany was still one country in their eyes - and either kept those seats empty as a symbol or found some workaround in lieu of elections?
Obviously, it couldn't be exactly like Taiwan since whatever Reichstag deputies from before 1945 still existed were Nazis and those from the East were probably still physically in the East. Since they wouldn't be actual pre-1945 deputies hanging onto their seats for life, I propose calling them "ghost deputies" rather than using the Taiwanese term "aging deputies".
WI West Germany had done something similar: created seats in the Bundestag to represent East Germany - as a way of asserting that Germany was still one country in their eyes - and either kept those seats empty as a symbol or found some workaround in lieu of elections?
Obviously, it couldn't be exactly like Taiwan since whatever Reichstag deputies from before 1945 still existed were Nazis and those from the East were probably still physically in the East. Since they wouldn't be actual pre-1945 deputies hanging onto their seats for life, I propose calling them "ghost deputies" rather than using the Taiwanese term "aging deputies".