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Germany 2002 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Germany won 251 of 603 seats with 38.5% of the vote; 79.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.1 points on 1998.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Germany251−4738.5−2.418,488,668
Christian Democratic Union of Germany190−829.5+1.114,167,561
Christian Social Union in Bavaria58+119.0+2.34,315,080
Alliance 90/The Greens55+88.6+1.94,110,355
Free Democratic Party47+47.4+1.23,538,815
PDS / The Left2−344.0−1.11,916,702
The Republicans000.6−1.2280,671

± is the change against the Germany 1998 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 18,488,668
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 14,167,561
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 4,315,080
  • Alliance 90/The Greens 4,110,355
  • Free Democratic Party 3,538,815
  • PDS / The Left 1,916,702
  • The Republicans 280,671

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

79.1% of the 61,432,868 registered voters cast a ballot (48,582,761 ballots), down 3.1 points on 1998. 47,996,480 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Germany38.5% of votes41.6% of seats
  • CDU/CSU38.5% of votes41.1% of seats
  • Alliance 90/The Greens8.6% of votes9.1% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party7.4% of votes7.8% of seats
  • PDS / The Left4.0% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.8 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 0.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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