Germany 1979 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 42 of 81 seats with 49.2% of the vote; 65.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 35 | 40.8 | 11,370,045 |
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 34 | 39.1 | 10,883,085 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 8 | 10.1 | 2,817,120 |
| Free Democratic Party | 4 | 6.0 | 1,662,621 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 0 | 3.2 | 893,683 |
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 11,370,045
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 10,883,085
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2,817,120
- Free Democratic Party 1,662,621
- Alliance 90/The Greens 893,683
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
65.7% of the 42,751,940 registered voters cast a ballot (28,098,872 ballots). 27,847,109 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU49.2% of votes51.9% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany40.8% of votes43.2% of seats
- Free Democratic Party6.0% of votes4.9% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.2 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 8.4 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.