Portion of second votes in % |
Year | Voter turnout in % | CDU/CSU | SPD | FDP | Greens (1) | The Left (2) | Other (3) |
1949* | 78.5 | 31.0 | 29.2 | 11.9 | - | - | 27.8 |
1953 | 86.0 | 45.2 | 28.8 | 9.5 | - | - | 16.5 |
1957 | 87.8 | 50.2 | 31.8 | 7.7 | - | - | 10.3 |
1961 | 87.7 | 45.3 | 36.2 | 12.8 | - | - | 5.7 |
1965 | 86.8 | 47.6 | 39.3 | 9.5 | - | - | 3.6 |
1969 | 86.7 | 46.1 | 42.7 | 5.8 | - | - | 5.5 |
1972 | 91.1 | 44.9 | 45.8 | 8.4 | - | - | 0.9 |
1976 | 90.7 | 48.6 | 42.6 | 7.9 | - | - | 0.9 |
1980 | 88.6 | 44.5 | 42.9 | 10.6 | 1.5 | - | 0.5 |
1983 | 89.1 | 48.8 | 38.2 | 7.0 | 5.6 | - | 0.5 |
1987 | 84.3 | 44.3 | 37.0 | 9.1 | 8.3 | - | 1.4 |
1990 | 77.8 | 43.8 | 33.5 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
1994 | 79.0 | 41.4 | 36.4 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
1998 | 82.2 | 35.1 | 40.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
2002 | 79.1 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
2005 | 77.7 | 35.2 | 34.2 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 4.0 |
2009 | 70.8 | 33.8 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 6.0 |
* each voter had only one vote
(1) In 1990, in the Eastern electoral region: Alliance 90/The Greens 6.2
Since the 5% hurdle was separate for the electoral regions, Alliance 90/The Greens was able to send 8 representatives to the Bundestag, but the Greens in the West were shut out (4.7 percent).
(2) known as the PDS up to July 17, 2005; then known as The Left.PDS until June 15, 2007; on June 16, 2007, merged with the Labor and Social Justice Electoral Alternative and was renamed The Left Party.
(3) including:
1949: Communist Part of Germany 5.7; no party affiliation 4.8; Bavaria Party 4.2; German Party 4.0; Center 3.1; Union for Economic Reconstruction 2.9
1953: All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and those of Deprived of their Rights 5.9; German Party 3.3; Communist Party of Germany 2.2; Bavaria Party 1.7
1957: All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and those of Deprived of their Rights 4.6; German Party 3.4
1961: All-German Party (German Party/League of Expellees and those of Deprived of their Rights) 2.8; German Peace Union 1.9
1965: National Democratic Party of Germany 2.0; German Peace Union 1.3
1969: National Democratic Party of Germany 4.3
1990: The Republicans 2.1; Alliance 90/The Greens 1.2
1994: The Republicans 1.9
1998: The Republicans 1.8
2002: Schill Party 0.8; The Republicans 0.6; National Democratic Party of Germany 0.4
2005: National Democratic Party of Germany 1.6; The Republicans 0.6
2009: PIRATES 2.0; National Democratic Party of Germany 1.5
Source: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. [Elections Research Group], Bundestagswahl, Eine Analyse der Wahl vom 27. September 2009 [Bundestag Elections, An Anaylsis of the Election on September 27, 2009]. Reports of the Elections Research Group. Mannheim, no. 138, p. 83.
Translation: GHDI staff