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Germany 1983 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 244 of 498 seats with 48.8% of the vote; 89.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.5 points on 1980.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Germany193−2538.2−4.714,865,807
Christian Democratic Union of Germany191+1738.2+4.014,857,680
Christian Social Union in Bavaria53+110.6+0.34,140,865
Free Democratic Party34−197.0−3.62,706,942
Alliance 90/The Greens27+275.6+4.12,167,431
National Democratic Party00.291,095

± is the change against the Germany 1980 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 14,865,807
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 14,857,680
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 4,140,865
  • Free Democratic Party 2,706,942
  • Alliance 90/The Greens 2,167,431
  • National Democratic Party 91,095

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

89.1% of the 44,088,935 registered voters cast a ballot (39,279,529 ballots), up 0.5 points on 1980. 38,940,687 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • CDU/CSU48.8% of votes49.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany38.2% of votes38.8% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party7.0% of votes6.8% of seats
  • Alliance 90/The Greens5.6% of votes5.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.5 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 10.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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