Germany 2009 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 42 of 99 seats with 37.9% of the vote; 43.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 2004.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 34 | −6 | 30.7 | −5.8 | 8,071,391 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 23 | 0 | 20.8 | −0.7 | 5,472,566 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 14 | +1 | 12.1 | +0.2 | 3,194,509 |
| Free Democratic Party | 12 | +5 | 11.0 | +4.9 | 2,888,084 |
| PDS / The Left | 8 | +1 | 7.5 | +1.4 | 1,969,239 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 8 | −1 | 7.2 | −0.8 | 1,896,762 |
| Free Voters | 0 | 1.7 | 442,579 | ||
| The Republicans | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.6 | 347,887 |
| Animal Protection Party | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | −0.2 | 289,694 |
| Family Party of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 252,121 |
± is the change against the Germany 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 8,071,391
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 5,472,566
- Alliance 90/The Greens 3,194,509
- Free Democratic Party 2,888,084
- PDS / The Left 1,969,239
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 1,896,762
- Free Voters 442,579
- The Republicans 347,887
- Animal Protection Party 289,694
- Family Party of Germany 252,121
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
43.3% of the 62,222,873 registered voters cast a ballot (26,923,614 ballots), up 0.3 points on 2004. 26,333,444 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU37.9% of votes42.4% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany20.8% of votes23.2% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens12.1% of votes14.1% of seats
- Free Democratic Party11.0% of votes12.1% of seats
- PDS / The Left7.5% of votes8.1% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 3.6 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 17.1 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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