Germany 1980 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 226 of 497 seats with 44.5% of the vote; 88.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.2 points on 1976.
- Germany
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 218 | +4 | 42.9 | +0.3 | 16,260,677 |
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 174 | −16 | 34.2 | −3.9 | 12,989,200 |
| Free Democratic Party | 53 | +14 | 10.6 | +2.7 | 4,030,999 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 52 | −1 | 10.3 | −0.3 | 3,908,459 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 0 | 1.5 | 569,589 |
± is the change against the Germany 1976 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 16,260,677
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 12,989,200
- Free Democratic Party 4,030,999
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 3,908,459
- Alliance 90/The Greens 569,589
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
88.6% of the 43,231,741 registered voters cast a ballot (38,292,176 ballots), down 2.2 points on 1976. 37,938,981 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1969 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU44.5% of votes45.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany42.9% of votes43.9% of seats
- Free Democratic Party10.6% of votes10.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.4 (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 1.6 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.