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Germany 1961 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 242 of 499 seats with 45.4% of the vote; 87.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1957.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Germany190+2136.2+4.411,427,355
Christian Democratic Union of Germany192−2535.8−3.911,283,901
Free Democratic Party67+2612.8+5.14,028,766
Christian Social Union in Bavaria50−39.6−0.93,014,471
All-German Party02.8870,756
German Peace Union01.9609,918

± is the change against the Germany 1957 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 11,427,355
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 11,283,901
  • Free Democratic Party 4,028,766
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 3,014,471
  • All-German Party 870,756
  • German Peace Union 609,918

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

87.7% of the 37,440,715 registered voters cast a ballot (32,849,624 ballots), unchanged on 1957. 31,550,901 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • CDU/CSU45.4% of votes48.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany36.2% of votes38.1% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party12.8% of votes13.4% of seats
  • All-German Party2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 9.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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