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Germany 1965 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 245 of 496 seats with 47.8% of the vote; 86.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1961.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Germany202+1239.3+3.112,813,186
Christian Democratic Union of Germany196+438.2+2.412,387,562
Christian Social Union in Bavaria49−19.60.03,136,506
Free Democratic Party49−189.5−3.33,096,739
National Democratic Party02.0664,193
German Peace Union001.3−0.6434,182

± is the change against the Germany 1961 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 12,813,186
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 12,387,562
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 3,136,506
  • Free Democratic Party 3,096,739
  • National Democratic Party 664,193
  • German Peace Union 434,182

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

86.8% of the 38,510,395 registered voters cast a ballot (33,416,207 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1961. 32,620,442 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1953 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • CDU/CSU47.8% of votes49.4% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany39.3% of votes40.7% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party9.5% of votes9.9% of seats
  • National Democratic Party2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.4 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 8.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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