 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Elefantenrunden yakaitika pamberi pesarudzo dzeparamende kubvira musarudzo yemubatanidzwa ya1969. Izvi zvakatumirwa zvakananga neARD neZDF panguva imwe chete, nezita repamutemo re Drei Tage vor der Wahl Mazuva matatu pamberi pesarudzo, pamberi pesarudzo dza1972, 1976, 1980, 1983, na1987. Pakanga pasina ganhuriro dzenguva uye muna 1976 Elefantenrunde yakapfuurira kwamaawa anopfuura mana. Kuedza kwokutanga kutepfenyura Elefantenrunde muna 1965 kwakakundikana. Elefantenrunde yakanga isingachaparidzirwi sechikamu chemushandirapamwe wesarudzo mushure me1987, sezvo Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl akaramba kutora chikamu munhaurirano yakadaro pamberi pesarudzo dzemubatanidzwa muna 1990, 1994, na1998. Kubvira musarudzo dza2002, kwave kune gakava repaterevhizheni pakati pevatungamiriri vemapato makuru maviri, CDU neSDP, iro rakanga risina kubudirira kupikiswa muFederal Constitutional Court. Pamwe chete neizvi, pakusarudzwa kwa2005, pakanga paine gakava rakatumirwa paARD nevatungamiriri vemapato ese muBundestag mazuva mashoma sarudzo isati yaitwa, iyo kusiyana nemitambo kusvika muna 1987 yaive nemiganhu yenguva uye yakagara kumashure kwekukakavadzana pakati pemapato makuru maviri mukuziva kwevanhu. Nhepfenyuro yakafanana yakarongwa nokuda kwesarudzo ya2009, asi yakadzimwa pamusana pokuramba kwevakwikwidzi kubva kuCDU neSPD kuti vatore chikamu. Musi weSvondo pamberi pesarudzo dza2013, Berliner Runde Berlin Round-table yemaminitsi makumi mapfumbamwe yakatepfenyurwa panguva imwe chete neARD neZDF pachinzvimbo, umo vatsigiri vakakurumbira vemapato muBundestag vakatora chikamu pachinzvimbo chevamiriri chaivo. 