Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Mandate durchführen
English translation:
to secure (win / \'land\' parliamentary) seats
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Timoshka
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German term
Mandate durchführen
German to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
From a letter written in Tel Aviv in 1949:
"Ihr könnt Euch kaum vorstellen, wie ich die letzten 4 Monate geschuftet habe, im zusammenhang mit den Wahlen. Es waren sehr viele Tage, die ich durchgearbeitet habe, mit ganz kurzer Schlafpause. Ausserdem war ich auch viel unterwegs, um Propagandareden zu halten. ... Nun, der Erfolg war viel besser als wir gedacht haben. Aber doch haben wir viel zu wenig Mandate durchgeführt. Die Partei arbeitet jetzt sehr intensive und wir hoffen bei den nächsten Wahlen, großen Erfolg zu ereichen."
"Ihr könnt Euch kaum vorstellen, wie ich die letzten 4 Monate geschuftet habe, im zusammenhang mit den Wahlen. Es waren sehr viele Tage, die ich durchgearbeitet habe, mit ganz kurzer Schlafpause. Ausserdem war ich auch viel unterwegs, um Propagandareden zu halten. ... Nun, der Erfolg war viel besser als wir gedacht haben. Aber doch haben wir viel zu wenig Mandate durchgeführt. Die Partei arbeitet jetzt sehr intensive und wir hoffen bei den nächsten Wahlen, großen Erfolg zu ereichen."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | to secure (win / 'land' parliamentary) seats |
Adrian MM.
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| 4 | to carry out/accomplish/fulfil/honor mandates |
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Proposed translations
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Adrian MM.
Austria
Austria
Native in English
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
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to secure (win / 'land' parliamentary) seats
-> courtesy of Björn V.
I originally thought of 'swinging of seats', but has a connotation of changing or shifting allegiance in both AmE and BrEOzE. See the first example sentence.
I surmise from the style that the writer is orginally from (North) Germany.
Query: whether 'land seats' would be understood in the US of A.
NB The British 'Mandate' of Palestine had already ended in 1949, so 'mandates' would be a non-no translation.
I originally thought of 'swinging of seats', but has a connotation of changing or shifting allegiance in both AmE and BrEOzE. See the first example sentence.
I surmise from the style that the writer is orginally from (North) Germany.
Query: whether 'land seats' would be understood in the US of A.
NB The British 'Mandate' of Palestine had already ended in 1949, so 'mandates' would be a non-no translation.
Example sentence:
Election swing seats Swing in the United States can refer to swing state, those states that are known to shift an outcome between Democrats and Republican Parties, equivalent on a local level to marginal seats.
Peer comment(s):
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Susan Starling
: Great solution - keeping in mind that the English "mandate" only sometimes equates to "Mandat" in German; the idea is a different one. And yes, "to land seats" is used in the U.S. too.
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Thanks and danke schön, Susan ! My 'US-American' dialog/ue has been so conflated with BrE / IrE, I can't tell the difference any more. Pity, though, that Björn V. never posted his ideas as an answer.
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Comment: "Thank you! Vielen Dank!"
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
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to carry out/accomplish/fulfil/honor mandates
mandate
1 of 2
noun
man·date ˈman-ˌdāt
Synonyms of mandate
1
: an authoritative command
especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one
2
: an authorization to act given to a representative
accepted the mandate of the people
3
a
: an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory
b
: a mandated territory
mandate
2 of 2
verb
man·date ˈman-ˌdāt
mandated; mandating
transitive verb
1
: to administer or assign (something, such as a territory) under a mandate
2
: to officially require (something) : make (something) mandatory : order
a law mandating recycling
also : to direct or require (someone) to do something
a commission mandated to investigate corruption
Did you know?
When should you use mandate?
A mandate from a leader is a command you can't refuse. But that kind of personal command is rarely the meaning of mandate today; much more common are connected with institutions. Thus, the Clean Air Act was a mandate from Congress to clean up air pollution—and since mandate is also a verb, we could say instead that the Clear Air Act mandated new restrictions on air pollution. Elections are often interpreted as mandates from the public for certain kinds of action. But since a politician is not just a symbol of certain policies but also an individual who might happen to have an awfully nice smile, it can be risky to interpret most elections as mandating anything at all.
Synonyms
Noun
accreditation
authorization
commission
delegation
empowerment
license
licence
Verb
call
command
decree
dictate
direct
ordain
order
Example Sentences
Noun Sports fans have considerable forbearance. Year after year they endure escalating ticket prices, the abomination known as seat licensing and the implied mandate that taxpayers should foot the bill for the new stadium or arena that will absolutely revive downtown. —
Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated, 30 July 2007
All provisions requiring congressional approval, such as FDA regulation, were dropped, as were mandates for stronger package warnings, tighter enforcement on sales to youth, stronger public smoking bans, and … provisions to reduce youth smoking. — Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007
Not the least of the Governors' problems are the new mandates being put on them by Washington—by a President who was once one of their own. — Karen Tumulty, Time, 19 May 2003
Peer comment(s):
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Susan Starling
: The proposed translation doesn't relate to how "Mandat" is being used in the asker's context.
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Discussion
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlamentswahl_in_Israel_1949
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"Nun, der Erfolg war viel besser als wir gedacht haben. Aber doch haben wir viel zu wenig Mandate erhalten. Die Partei arbeitet jetzt sehr intensiv an Verbesserungen, sodass wir hoffen können, bei den nächsten Wahlen einen großen Erfolg zu erzielen."
Mandate erhalten = e.g., Sitze im Parlament, Bürgermeisterposten, etc.
This para doesn't make sense to me any other way, tbh.
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