diff --git a/backend/services/falukantService.js b/backend/services/falukantService.js
index 04779f2..1a9270d 100644
--- a/backend/services/falukantService.js
+++ b/backend/services/falukantService.js
@@ -3510,7 +3510,11 @@ class FalukantService extends BaseService {
                         { model: RegionType, as: 'regionType', attributes: ['labelTr'] }
                     ]
                 },
-                { model: Candidate, as: 'candidates' },
+                { 
+                    model: Candidate, 
+                    as: 'candidates',
+                    required: false
+                },
                 {
                     model: PoliticalOfficeType, as: 'officeType',
                     include: [{ model: PoliticalOfficePrerequisite, as: 'prerequisites' }]
@@ -3569,10 +3573,11 @@ class FalukantService extends BaseService {
             return { applied: [], skipped: electionIds };
         }
 
-        // 3) Ermittle die heute offenen Wahlen, auf die er zugreifen darf
-        //    (getElections liefert id, officeType, region, date, postsToFill, candidates, voted…)
-        const openElections = await this.getElections(hashedUserId);
-        const allowedIds = new Set(openElections.map(e => e.id));
+        // 3) Ermittle die offenen Wahlen, auf die er zugreifen darf
+        //    Verwende getOpenPolitics statt getElections, da getOpenPolitics die gleichen Wahlen
+        //    zurückgibt, die im Frontend angezeigt werden
+        const openPolitics = await this.getOpenPolitics(hashedUserId);
+        const allowedIds = new Set(openPolitics.map(e => e.id));
 
         // 4) Filter alle electionIds auf gültige/erlaubte
         const toTry = electionIds.filter(id => allowedIds.has(id));
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
index 4b6c318..de828ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
@@ -324,11 +324,18 @@ export default {
 
         async submitApplications() {
             try {
-                await apiClient.post(
+                const response = await apiClient.post(
                     '/api/falukant/politics/open',
                     { electionIds: this.selectedApplications }
                 );
+                // Speichere die IDs der erfolgreich beworbenen Positionen
+                const appliedIds = response.data?.applied || [];
+                // Lade die Daten neu
                 await this.loadOpenPolitics();
+                // Stelle sicher, dass alle bereits beworbenen Positionen (inkl. der gerade beworbenen) vorselektiert bleiben
+                this.selectedApplications = this.openPolitics
+                    .filter(e => e.alreadyApplied || appliedIds.includes(e.id))
+                    .map(e => e.id);
             } catch (err) {
                 console.error('Error submitting applications', err);
             }