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Germany 1989 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 32 of 81 seats with 37.7% of the vote; 62.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.5 points on 1984.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Germany31−237.3−0.110,525,728
Christian Democratic Union of Germany25−929.5−8.08,332,846
Alliance 90/The Greens8+18.4+0.22,382,102
Christian Social Union in Bavaria708.2−0.32,326,277
The Republicans67.12,008,629
Free Democratic Party4+45.6+0.81,576,715
German People's Union01.6444,921

± is the change against the Germany 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 10,525,728
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 8,332,846
  • Alliance 90/The Greens 2,382,102
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2,326,277
  • The Republicans 2,008,629
  • Free Democratic Party 1,576,715
  • German People's Union 444,921

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

62.3% of the 45,773,179 registered voters cast a ballot (28,508,598 ballots), up 5.5 points on 1984. 28,206,690 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • CDU/CSU37.7% of votes39.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany37.3% of votes38.3% of seats
  • Alliance 90/The Greens8.4% of votes9.9% of seats
  • The Republicans7.1% of votes7.4% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party5.6% of votes4.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.1 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 0.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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