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{{Infobox election |
{{Infobox election |
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| election_name = 1969 West German federal election |
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| country = West Germany |
| country = West Germany |
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| type = parliamentary |
| type = parliamentary |
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| ongoing = no |
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| previous_election = 1965 West German federal election |
| previous_election = 1965 West German federal election |
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| previous_year = 1965 |
| previous_year = 1965 |
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| outgoing_members = List of members of the 5th Bundestag |
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| election_date = {{Start date|1969|09|28|df=y}} |
| election_date = {{Start date|1969|09|28|df=y}} |
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| elected_members = List of members of the 6th Bundestag |
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| next_election = 1972 West German federal election |
| next_election = 1972 West German federal election |
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| next_year = 1972 |
| next_year = 1972 |
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| seats_for_election = All 496 seats in the [[Bundestag]]{{efn|As well as the 22 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]], elected by the West Berlin Legislature.}} |
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| outgoing_members = List of members of the 5th Bundestag |
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| elected_members = List of members of the 6th Bundestag |
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| seats_for_election = All 496 seats in the [[Bundestag]]{{Efn|As well as the 22 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]], elected by the West Berlin Legislature.}} |
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| majority_seats = 249 |
| majority_seats = 249 |
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| registered = 38,677,235 {{increase}} 0.4% |
| registered = 38,677,235 {{increase}} 0.4% |
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| turnout = 33,523,064 (86.7%) {{decrease}} 0.1[[percentage point|pp]] |
| turnout = 33,523,064 (86.7%) {{decrease}} 0.1[[percentage point|pp]] |
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| image_upright = 1 |
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| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029561-0008, Essen, CDU-Bundestagswahlkongress (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} |
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<!-- CDU/CSU --> |
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| leader1 = [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]] |
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| candidate1 = [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]] |
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| party1 = CDU/CSU |
| party1 = CDU/CSU |
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| last_election1 = 47.6%, 245 seats |
| last_election1 = 47.6%, 245 seats |
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| seats1 = 242{{ |
| seats1 = '''242'''{{efn|As well as 8 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}} |
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| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3 |
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3 |
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| popular_vote1 = 15,195,187 |
| popular_vote1 = '''15,195,187''' |
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| percentage1 = 46.1% |
| percentage1 = '''46.1%''' |
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| swing1 = {{decrease}} 1.5pp |
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 1.5pp |
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| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Aankomst en vertrek, ministers, portretten, Bestanddeelnr 922-6063 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} |
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<!-- SPD --> |
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| leader2 = [[Willy Brandt]] |
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| candidate2 = [[Willy Brandt]] |
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| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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| last_election2 = 39.3%, 202 seats |
| last_election2 = 39.3%, 202 seats |
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| seats2 = 224{{ |
| seats2 = 224{{efn|As well as 13 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}} |
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| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 22 |
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 22 |
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| popular_vote2 = 14,065,716 |
| popular_vote2 = 14,065,716 |
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| percentage2 = 42.7% |
| percentage2 = 42.7% |
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| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.4pp |
| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.4pp |
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| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Walter Scheel 1971 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} |
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<!-- FDP --> |
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| leader3 = [[Walter Scheel]] |
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| candidate3 = [[Walter Scheel]] |
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| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
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| last_election3 = 9.5%, 49 seats |
| last_election3 = 9.5%, 49 seats |
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| seats3 = 30{{ |
| seats3 = 30{{efn|As well as 1 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}} |
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| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 19 |
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 19 |
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| popular_vote3 = 1,903,422 |
| popular_vote3 = 1,903,422 |
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| percentage3 = 5.8% |
| percentage3 = 5.8% |
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| swing3 = {{decrease}} 3.7pp |
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 3.7pp |
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<!-- Map --> |
<!-- Map --> |
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| map_image = Bundestagswahl 1969 - Ergebnisse Wahlkreise.png |
| map_image = Bundestagswahl 1969 - Ergebnisse Wahlkreise.png |
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| map_size = |
| map_size = 333px |
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| map_alt = Results of the 1969 West German federal election |
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| map_caption = Results by constituency for the first votes. Grey denotes seats won by the CDU/CSU; red denotes seats won by the SPD. |
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| map_caption = Results by constituency. <span style="color:gray;">Gray</span> denotes seats won by the<br/>[[CDU/CSU]], and <span style="color:red;">red</span> denotes those won by the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]. |
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<!-- Result --> |
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| title = [[Cabinet of Germany|Government]] |
| title = [[Cabinet of Germany|Government]] |
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| before_election = [[Kiesinger cabinet]] |
| before_election = [[Kiesinger cabinet]] |
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[[Federal elections in Germany|Federal elections]] were held in [[West Germany]] on 28 September 1969 to elect the members of the 6th [[Bundestag]]. The [[CDU/CSU]] remained the largest faction and the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] remained the largest single party in the [[Bundestag]], winning 237 of the 518 seats. After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] and SPD leader Willy Brandt became Chancellor. |
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The federal election resulted in the election of the first ever [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] Chancellor in [[West Germany]] [[Willy Brandt]]. |
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==Campaign== |
==Campaign== |
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Economics Minister [[Karl Schiller]] (SPD) had proposed revaluing (increasing the external value of) the [[Deutsche Mark]], West Germany's currency, to reduce the country's inflation rate and the rate of growth of the country's businesses' income. He also wanted to reduce West Germany's economic dependence on the exports. However, his counterpart Finance Minister [[Franz-Josef Strauss]] ([[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]) rejected the Deutsche Mark's revaluation, because his strong constituents, the [[Bavaria]]n farmers, also opposed it. After all, the [[European Economic Community]]'s foodstuffs prices were paid in [[US dollar]]s, and the Deutsche Mark's revaluation would have made them less favourable for the West German farmers (i.e. more expensive for other Western Europeans to buy). |
Economics Minister [[Karl Schiller]] (SPD) had proposed revaluing (increasing the external value of) the [[Deutsche Mark]], West Germany's currency, to reduce the country's inflation rate and the rate of growth of the country's businesses' income. He also wanted to reduce West Germany's economic dependence on the exports. However, his counterpart Finance Minister [[Franz-Josef Strauss]] ([[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]) rejected the Deutsche Mark's revaluation, because his strong constituents, the [[Bavaria]]n farmers, also opposed it. After all, the [[European Economic Community]]'s foodstuffs prices were paid in [[US dollar]]s, and the Deutsche Mark's revaluation would have made them less favourable for the West German farmers (i.e. more expensive for other Western Europeans to buy). |
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The coalition effectively ended already before the regular 1969 Bundestag elections, because of this revaluation conflict. In addition, enough West German voters were at last willing to give the Social Democratic leader, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, a chance to govern West Germany. Brandt, who ran for the third time after [[1961 West German federal election|1961]] and [[1965 West German federal election|1965]], had shown sympathy towards those groups, like left-wing intellectuals and activists of [[German student movement]], who had felt ignored by the Christian Democrat-led coalition governments. In addition, his clear intellect, remarkable self-control and |
The coalition effectively ended already before the regular 1969 Bundestag elections, because of this revaluation conflict. In addition, enough West German voters were at last willing to give the Social Democratic leader, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, a chance to govern West Germany. Brandt, who ran for the third time after [[1961 West German federal election|1961]] and [[1965 West German federal election|1965]], had shown sympathy towards those groups, like left-wing intellectuals and activists of the [[German student movement]], who had felt ignored by the Christian Democrat-led coalition governments. In addition, his clear intellect, remarkable self-control and honest manner appealed to ordinary West Germans.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Bjöl | first1 = Erling | author-link1 = Erling Bjöl | title = Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 22: From Peace to the Cold War | publisher = WSOY | year = 1984 | location = Helsinki | pages = 491}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Bjöl | first1 = Erling | author-link1 = Erling Bjöl | title = Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West | pages = 345–347}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Bark | first1 = Dennis L. | author-link1 = Dennis L. Bark | last2 = Gress | first2 = David R. | author-link2 = David R. Gress | title = A History of West Germany, volume 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988 | publisher = Basil Blackwell | year = 1989 | location = London, UK}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{Election results |
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|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency|seattype1=Elected|seattype2=[[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|West Berlin]]|seattype3=Total|seattype4=+/– |
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|image=[[File:Bundestag 1969.svg]] |
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|party1=[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]|votes1=14065716|seats1=97|votes1_2=14402374|seats1_2=127|st1t1=224|st2t1=13|st3t1=237|st4t1=+20 |
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|party2=[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]|votes2=12079535|seats2=106|votes2_2=12137148|seats2_2=87|st1t2=193|st2t2=8|st3t2=201|st4t2=–1 |
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|party3=[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]|votes3=3115652|seats3=15|votes3_2=3094176|seats3_2=34|st1t3=49|st2t3=0|st3t3=49|st4t3=0 |
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|party4=[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]|votes4=1903422|seats4=30|votes4_2=1554651|seats4_2=0|st1t4=30|st2t4=1|st3t4=31|st4t4=–19 |
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|party5=[[National Democratic Party of Germany|National Democratic Party]]|votes5=1422010|seats5=0|votes5_2=1189375|seats5_2=0|st1t5=0|st2t5=0|st3t5=0|st4t5=0 |
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|party6=[[:de:Aktion Demokratischer Fortschritt|Campaign for Democratic Progress]]|votes6=197331|seats6=0|votes6_2=209180|seats6_2=0|st1t6=0|st2t6=0|st3t6=0|st4t6=New |
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|party7=[[Bavaria Party]]|votes7=49694|seats7=0|votes7_2=54940|seats7_2=0|st1t7=0|st2t7=0|st3t7=0|st4t7=New |
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|party8=[[:de:Europäische Föderalistische Partei (historisch)|European Federalist Party]]|votes8=49650|seats8=0|votes8_2=20927|seats8_2=0|st1t8=0|st2t8=0|st3t8=0|st4t8=0|color8=#2D5CD0 |
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|party9=[[German Party (1947)|All-German Party]]|votes9=45401|seats9=0|st1t9=0|st2t9=0|st3t9=0|st4t9=New |
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|party10=[[:de:Humanwirtschaftspartei|Free Social Union]]|votes10=16371|seats10=0|votes10_2=10192|seats10_2=0|st1t10=0|st2t10=0|st3t10=0|st4t10=0|color10=#15A1DD |
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|party11=[[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]|votes11=15933|seats11=0|st1t11=0|st2t11=0|st3t11=0|st4t11=New |
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|party12=[[Independent Workers' Party (German Socialists)|Independent Workers' Party]]|votes12=5309|seats12=0|votes12_2=1531|seats12_2=0|st1t12=0|st2t12=0|st3t12=0|st4t12=0 |
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|party13=German People's Party|votes13_2=461|seats13_2=0|st1t13=0|st2t13=0|st3t13=0|st4t13=New |
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|party14=[[Independent politician|Independents]] and voter groups|votes14_2=38561|seats14_2=0|st1t14=0|st2t14=0|st3t14=0|st4t14=0 |
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|invalid=557040|invalid2=809548 |
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|total_st4t=0 |
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|electorate=38677235|electorate2=38677235 |
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|source=[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1969.html Bundeswahlleiter] |
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===Results by state=== |
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{{election table|title=Summary of the 28 September 1969 German [[Bundestag]] election results}} |
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====Constituency seats==== |
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|colspan=15| [[File:Bundestag 1969.svg|center|400px]] |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;" |
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
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! rowspan=" |
! rowspan="3" |State |
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! rowspan="3" |Total<br>seats |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" | Constituency |
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! |
! colspan="3" |Seats won |
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|- |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" | Total seats |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] |
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Votes |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]] |
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! style="text-align:center;" | % |
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|- |
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! style="text-align:center;" | +/− |
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! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" | |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Seats |
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! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" | |
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! style="text-align:center;" | +/− |
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! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" | |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Votes |
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|- |
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! style="text-align:center;" | % |
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! style="text-align: |
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]] |
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!36 |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Seats |
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|9 |
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! style="text-align:center;" | +/− |
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|27 |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Seats{{Ref|1|†}} |
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! style="text-align:center;" | +/− |
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! style="text-align:center;" | % |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) |
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| 14,402,374 |
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| 44.0 |
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| +3.9 |
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| 127 |
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| +33 |
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| 14,065,716 |
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| 42.7 |
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| +3.4 |
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| 97 |
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| −11 |
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| 224 |
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| +22 |
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| 45.2 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) |
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| 12,137,148 |
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| 37.1 |
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| −1.8 |
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| 87 |
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| −31 |
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| 12,079,535 |
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| 36.6 |
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| −1.4 |
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| 106 |
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| +28 |
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| 193 |
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| −3 |
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| 38.9 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|Christian Social Union]] (CSU) |
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| 3,094,176 |
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| 9.5 |
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| −0.4 |
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| 34 |
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| −2 |
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| 3,115,652 |
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| 9.5 |
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| −0.1 |
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| 15 |
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| +2 |
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| 49 |
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| 0 |
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| 9.9 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP) |
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| 1,554,651 |
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| 4.8 |
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| −3.1 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 1,903,422 |
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| 5.8 |
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| −3.7 |
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| 30 |
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| −19 |
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| 30 |
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| −19 |
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| 6.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{National Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[National Democratic Party of Germany|National Democratic Party]] (NPD) |
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| 1,189,375 |
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| 3.6 |
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| +1.8 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 1,422,010 |
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| 4.3 |
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| +2.3 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[:de:Aktion Demokratischer Fortschritt|Campaign for Democratic Progress]] (ADF) |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]] |
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| 209,180 |
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!44 |
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| 0.6 |
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|10 |
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| New |
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|34 |
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| New |
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|- |
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| 197,331 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]] |
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| 0.6 |
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!3 |
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| New |
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|3 |
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| New |
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|- |
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| New |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]] |
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| 0.0 |
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!8 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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|8 |
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| style="background-color:{{Bavaria Party/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Bavaria Party]] (BP) |
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| |
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| 54,940 |
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|- |
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| 0.2 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]] |
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| +0.2 |
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!22 |
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| 0 |
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|20 |
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|2 |
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| 49,694 |
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| |
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| 0.2 |
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|- |
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| +0.2 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]] |
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| 0 |
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!30 |
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| 0 |
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|18 |
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|12 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]] |
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!73 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[:de:Europäische Föderalistische Partei|European Federalist Party]] (EFP) |
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|47 |
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| 20,927 |
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|26 |
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| 0.1 |
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| +0.1 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]] |
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| 0 |
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!16 |
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| 49,650 |
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|6 |
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| 0.2 |
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|10 |
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| +0.2 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Saarland]] |
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| 0 |
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!5 |
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| 0 |
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|2 |
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| 0.0 |
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|3 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color: #C3C318" | |
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|- |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[German Party (1947)|All-German Party]] (GDP) |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]] |
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| – |
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!11 |
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| – |
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|4 |
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| – |
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|7 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 45,401 |
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| 0.1 |
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| +0.1 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.2 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:#15A1DD" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[:de:Freisoziale Union|Free Social Union]] (FSU) |
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| 10,192 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 16,371 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Centre Party (Germany)/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]] (ZENTRUM) |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 15,933 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:#CFEFEE" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[:de:Unabhängige Arbeiter-Partei|Independent Workers' Party]] (UAP) |
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| 1,531 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 5,309 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0.0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| |
| |
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|- class="sortbottom" |
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| style="text-align:left;" | German People's Party (DV) |
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! style="text-align: left;" |Total |
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| 461 |
|||
!248 |
|||
| 0.0 |
|||
!127 |
|||
| New |
|||
!87 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
!34 |
|||
| New |
|||
| – |
|||
| – |
|||
| – |
|||
| – |
|||
| – |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| New |
|||
| 0.0 |
|||
|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:{{Independent politician/meta/color}};" | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | Electoral groups and [[Independent politician|independents]] |
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| 38,561 |
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| 0.1 |
|||
| +0.1 |
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| 0 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| – |
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| – |
|||
| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 0 |
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| 0 |
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| 0.0 |
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|- |
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| colspan="15" style="background: #E9E9E9"| |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| colspan="2" align="left"| Valid votes |
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| 32,713,516 |
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| 97.6 |
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| +0.5 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 32,966,024 |
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| 98.3 |
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| +0.7 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| colspan="2" align="left"| Invalid/blank votes |
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| 809,548 |
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| 2.4 |
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| –0.5 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 557,040 |
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| 1.7 |
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| –0.7 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| colspan="2" align="left"| '''Total votes''' |
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| '''33,523,064''' |
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| '''100.0''' |
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| '''–''' |
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| '''248''' |
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| '''0''' |
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| '''33,523,064''' |
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| '''100.0''' |
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| '''–''' |
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| '''248''' |
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| '''0''' |
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| '''496''' |
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| '''0''' |
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| '''100.0''' |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| colspan="2" align="left"| Registered voters/turnout |
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| 38,677,235 |
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| 86.7 |
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| –0.1 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| 38,677,235 |
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| 86.7 |
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| –0.1 |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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| – |
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|- style="text-align:right;" |
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| colspan="15" align="left"| Source: [https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1969.html Bundeswahlleiter] |
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:{{Note|1|†}} – excludes the [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]] (13 SPD, 8 CDU, 1 FDP). |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;" |
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! rowspan="3" |State |
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{| style="width:70%; text-align:center;" |
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! rowspan="3" |Total<br>seats |
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|+ ↓ |
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! colspan="4" |Seats won |
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|- style="color:white;" |
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| style="background:{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}; width:45.16%;" | '''224''' |
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| style="background:{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}}; width:6.05%;" | '''30''' |
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| style="background:{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}}; width:48.79%;" | '''242''' |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party ofGermany|SPD]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] |
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| <span style="color:{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}};">'''CDU/CSU'''</span> |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]] |
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|- |
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! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" | |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]] |
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!34 |
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|10 |
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|18 |
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|6 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]] |
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!40 |
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| |
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|21 |
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|4 |
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|15 |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]] |
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!2 |
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|2 |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]] |
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!9 |
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|6 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]] |
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!24 |
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|17 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]] |
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!33 |
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|18 |
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|11 |
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|4 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]] |
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!78 |
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|43 |
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|26 |
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|9 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]] |
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!15 |
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|6 |
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|7 |
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|2 |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Saarland]] |
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!3 |
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|1 |
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|2 |
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| |
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| |
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|- |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]] |
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!10 |
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|3 |
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|6 |
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|1 |
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| |
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|- class="sortbottom" |
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! style="text-align: left;" |Total |
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!248 |
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!106 |
|||
!97 |
|||
!30 |
|||
!15 |
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|} |
|} |
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{{bar percent|'''CDU/CSU'''|{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}}|46.09}} |
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{{bar percent|SPD|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|42.67}} |
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{{bar percent|FDP|{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|5.77}} |
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{{bar percent|NPD|{{National Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|4.31}} |
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{{bar percent|Other|{{Other/meta/color}}|1.15}} |
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{{bar percent|'''CDU/CSU'''|{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}}|48.79}} |
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{{bar percent|SPD|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|45.16}} |
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{{bar percent|FDP|{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|6.05}} |
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==Aftermath== |
==Aftermath== |
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[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F030053-0030, Bonn, Bundestagswahl, Presseerklärung Brandt.jpg|thumb|right|Brandt speaks to the press on election night, 28 September]] |
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F030053-0030, Bonn, Bundestagswahl, Presseerklärung Brandt.jpg|thumb|right|Brandt speaks to the press on election night, 28 September]] |
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Willy Brandt, against the will of several party fellows like [[Herbert Wehner]] or [[Helmut Schmidt]], chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a [[social-liberal coalition]] with the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP) instead. On 21 October 1969 he was elected [[Chancellor of Germany]], the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period, after the last Social Democrat holding this position had been [[Hermann Müller (politician)|Hermann Müller]] from 1928 to 1930. FDP chairman [[Walter Scheel]] succeeded Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister. Brandt's government proceeded with the revaluation Schiller had proposed, raising the value of the mark by 9.3% in late October.<ref name="Brenner">{{cite book | isbn=9781859847305 | title=The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn, 1945-2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdzRuGutydYC&pg=PA126| |
Willy Brandt, against the will of several party fellows like [[Herbert Wehner]] or [[Helmut Schmidt]], chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a [[social-liberal coalition]] with the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP) instead. On 21 October 1969 he was elected [[Chancellor of Germany]], the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period, after the last Social Democrat holding this position had been [[Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)|Hermann Müller]] from 1928 to 1930. FDP chairman [[Walter Scheel]] succeeded Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister. Brandt's government proceeded with the revaluation Schiller had proposed, raising the value of the mark by 9.3% in late October.<ref name="Brenner">{{cite book | isbn=9781859847305 | title=The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn, 1945-2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdzRuGutydYC&pg=PA126| last1=Brenner | first1=Robert | year=2006 | page=126 | publisher=Verso }}</ref> |
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Disappointed Kiesinger bitterly complained about the faithless liberals. Though he had again achieved the [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of votes for the CDU, he had to lead his party into opposition. He was succeeded as chairman by [[Rainer Barzel]] in 1971. |
Disappointed Kiesinger bitterly complained about the faithless liberals. Though he had again achieved the [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of votes for the CDU, he had to lead his party into opposition. He was succeeded as chairman by [[Rainer Barzel]] in 1971. |
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 28 September 1969 to elect the members of the 6th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction and the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 237 of the 518 seats. After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party and SPD leader Willy Brandt became Chancellor.
The federal election resulted in the election of the first ever SPD Chancellor in West Germany Willy Brandt.
Upon the resignation of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard on 1 December 1966, a grand coalitionofChristian Democrats and Social Democrats had governed West Germany under Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU) with SPD chairman Willy Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister.
Economics Minister Karl Schiller (SPD) had proposed revaluing (increasing the external value of) the Deutsche Mark, West Germany's currency, to reduce the country's inflation rate and the rate of growth of the country's businesses' income. He also wanted to reduce West Germany's economic dependence on the exports. However, his counterpart Finance Minister Franz-Josef Strauss (CSU) rejected the Deutsche Mark's revaluation, because his strong constituents, the Bavarian farmers, also opposed it. After all, the European Economic Community's foodstuffs prices were paid in US dollars, and the Deutsche Mark's revaluation would have made them less favourable for the West German farmers (i.e. more expensive for other Western Europeans to buy).
The coalition effectively ended already before the regular 1969 Bundestag elections, because of this revaluation conflict. In addition, enough West German voters were at last willing to give the Social Democratic leader, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, a chance to govern West Germany. Brandt, who ran for the third time after 1961 and 1965, had shown sympathy towards those groups, like left-wing intellectuals and activists of the German student movement, who had felt ignored by the Christian Democrat-led coalition governments. In addition, his clear intellect, remarkable self-control and honest manner appealed to ordinary West Germans.[1][2][3]
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Party | Party-list | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Elected | West Berlin | Total | +/– | |||
Social Democratic Party | 14,065,716 | 42.67 | 97 | 14,402,374 | 44.03 | 127 | 224 | 13 | 237 | +20 | ||
Christian Democratic Union | 12,079,535 | 36.64 | 106 | 12,137,148 | 37.10 | 87 | 193 | 8 | 201 | –1 | ||
Christian Social Union | 3,115,652 | 9.45 | 15 | 3,094,176 | 9.46 | 34 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Free Democratic Party | 1,903,422 | 5.77 | 30 | 1,554,651 | 4.75 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 31 | –19 | ||
National Democratic Party | 1,422,010 | 4.31 | 0 | 1,189,375 | 3.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Campaign for Democratic Progress | 197,331 | 0.60 | 0 | 209,180 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bavaria Party | 49,694 | 0.15 | 0 | 54,940 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
European Federalist Party | 49,650 | 0.15 | 0 | 20,927 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
All-German Party | 45,401 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Free Social Union | 16,371 | 0.05 | 0 | 10,192 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Centre Party | 15,933 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Independent Workers' Party | 5,309 | 0.02 | 0 | 1,531 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
German People's Party | 461 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Independents and voter groups | 38,561 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 32,966,024 | 100.00 | 248 | 32,713,516 | 100.00 | 248 | 496 | 22 | 518 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 32,966,024 | 98.34 | 32,713,516 | 97.59 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 557,040 | 1.66 | 809,548 | 2.41 | ||||||||
Total votes | 33,523,064 | 100.00 | 33,523,064 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 38,677,235 | 86.67 | 38,677,235 | 86.67 | ||||||||
Source: Bundeswahlleiter |
State | Total seats |
Seats won | ||
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SPD | CDU | CSU | ||
Baden-Württemberg | 36 | 9 | 27 | |
Bavaria | 44 | 10 | 34 | |
Bremen | 3 | 3 | ||
Hamburg | 8 | 8 | ||
Hesse | 22 | 20 | 2 | |
Lower Saxony | 30 | 18 | 12 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 73 | 47 | 26 | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
Saarland | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 4 | 7 | |
Total | 248 | 127 | 87 | 34 |
State | Total seats |
Seats won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CDU | SPD | FDP | CSU | ||
Baden-Württemberg | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | |
Bavaria | 40 | 21 | 4 | 15 | |
Bremen | 2 | 2 | |||
Hamburg | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Hesse | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | |
Lower Saxony | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 78 | 43 | 26 | 9 | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
Saarland | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Schleswig-Holstein | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 248 | 106 | 97 | 30 | 15 |
Willy Brandt, against the will of several party fellows like Herbert WehnerorHelmut Schmidt, chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a social-liberal coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) instead. On 21 October 1969 he was elected Chancellor of Germany, the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period, after the last Social Democrat holding this position had been Hermann Müller from 1928 to 1930. FDP chairman Walter Scheel succeeded Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister. Brandt's government proceeded with the revaluation Schiller had proposed, raising the value of the mark by 9.3% in late October.[4]
Disappointed Kiesinger bitterly complained about the faithless liberals. Though he had again achieved the plurality of votes for the CDU, he had to lead his party into opposition. He was succeeded as chairman by Rainer Barzel in 1971.
However the Cabinet Brandt I could only rely on an absolute majority (Kanzlermehrheit) of twelve votes in the Bundestag. Several party switches in protest against Brandt's Ostpolitik of FDP and SPD members resulted in the snap electionof1972.
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