Germany 1953 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 243 of 487 seats with 45.2% of the vote; 86.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.5 points on 1949.
- Germany
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 191 | +76 | 36.4 | +11.2 | 10,016,594 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 151 | +20 | 28.8 | −0.4 | 7,944,943 |
| Free Democratic Party | 48 | −4 | 9.5 | −2.4 | 2,629,163 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 52 | +28 | 8.8 | +3.0 | 2,427,387 |
| All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights | 27 | 5.9 | 1,616,953 | ||
| German Party | 15 | −2 | 3.3 | −0.7 | 896,128 |
| Communist Party of Germany | 0 | −15 | 2.2 | −3.5 | 607,860 |
| Bavaria Party | 0 | −17 | 1.7 | −2.5 | 465,641 |
| All-German People's Party | 0 | 1.2 | 318,475 | ||
| Deutsche Reichspartei | 0 | −5 | 1.1 | −0.7 | 295,739 |
| Centre Party | 3 | −7 | 0.8 | −2.3 | 217,078 |
± is the change against the Germany 1949 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 10,016,594
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 7,944,943
- Free Democratic Party 2,629,163
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2,427,387
- All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights 1,616,953
- German Party 896,128
- Communist Party of Germany 607,860
- Bavaria Party 465,641
- All-German People's Party 318,475
- Deutsche Reichspartei 295,739
- Centre Party 217,078
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
86.0% of the 33,120,940 registered voters cast a ballot (28,479,550 ballots), up 7.5 points on 1949. 27,551,272 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU45.2% of votes49.9% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany28.8% of votes31.0% of seats
- Free Democratic Party9.5% of votes9.9% of seats
- All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights5.9% of votes5.5% of seats
- German Party3.3% of votes3.1% of seats
- Centre Party0.8% of votes0.6% of seats
- Communist Party of Germany2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.8 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 16.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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