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Germany 2013 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 311 of 631 seats with 41.5% of the vote; 71.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 2009.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Democratic Union of Germany255+6134.1+6.814,921,877
Social Democratic Party of Germany193+4725.7+2.711,252,215
PDS / The Left64−128.6−3.33,755,699
Alliance 90/The Greens63−58.4−2.33,694,057
Christian Social Union in Bavaria56+117.4+0.93,243,569
Free Democratic Party0−934.8−9.82,083,533
Alternative for Germany04.72,056,985
Pirate Party Germany002.2+0.2959,177
National Democratic Party001.3−0.2560,828

± is the change against the Germany 2009 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany 14,921,877
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 11,252,215
  • PDS / The Left 3,755,699
  • Alliance 90/The Greens 3,694,057
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria 3,243,569
  • Free Democratic Party 2,083,533
  • Alternative for Germany 2,056,985
  • Pirate Party Germany 959,177
  • National Democratic Party 560,828

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

71.5% of the 61,946,900 registered voters cast a ballot (44,309,925 ballots), up 0.7 points on 2009. 43,726,856 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • CDU/CSU41.5% of votes49.3% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany25.7% of votes30.6% of seats
  • PDS / The Left8.6% of votes10.1% of seats
  • Alliance 90/The Greens8.4% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Free Democratic Party4.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Alternative for Germany4.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Pirate Party Germany2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 2.8 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 15.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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