Germany 1990 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 319 of 662 seats with 43.8% of the vote; 77.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.6 points on 1987.
- Germany
- Held
Result
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany268
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria51
- Social Democratic Party of Germany239
- Free Democratic Party79
- PDS / The Left17
- Alliance 90 / Greens -- Citizens' Movement8
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 268 | +94 | 36.7 | +2.2 | 17,055,116 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 239 | +53 | 33.5 | −3.7 | 15,545,366 |
| Free Democratic Party | 79 | +33 | 11.1 | +2.0 | 5,123,233 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 51 | +2 | 7.1 | −2.7 | 3,302,980 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 0 | −42 | 3.8 | −4.5 | 1,788,200 |
| PDS / The Left | 17 | 2.4 | 1,129,578 | ||
| The Republicans | 0 | 2.1 | 987,269 | ||
| Alliance 90 / Greens -- Citizens' Movement | 8 | 1.2 | 559,207 |
± is the change against the Germany 1987 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 17,055,116
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 15,545,366
- Free Democratic Party 5,123,233
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 3,302,980
- Alliance 90/The Greens 1,788,200
- PDS / The Left 1,129,578
- The Republicans 987,269
- Alliance 90 / Greens -- Citizens' Movement 559,207
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
77.8% of the 60,436,560 registered voters cast a ballot (46,995,915 ballots), down 6.6 points on 1987. 46,455,772 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1949. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU43.8% of votes48.2% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany33.5% of votes36.1% of seats
- Free Democratic Party11.1% of votes11.9% of seats
- PDS / The Left2.4% of votes2.6% of seats
- Alliance 90 / Greens -- Citizens' Movement1.2% of votes1.2% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- The Republicans2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.6 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 10.3 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
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