Germany 2014 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 34 of 96 seats with 35.3% of the vote; 48.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.9 points on 2009.
- Germany
- Held
European Parliament result
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany29
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria5
- Social Democratic Party of Germany27
- Alliance 90/The Greens11
- Alternative for Germany7
- PDS / The Left7
- Free Democratic Party3
- Unnamed party with one seat2
- Animal Protection Party1
- Family Party of Germany1
- Free Voters1
- National Democratic Party1
- Pirate Party Germany1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 29 | −5 | 30.0 | −0.7 | 8,812,653 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 27 | +4 | 27.3 | +6.5 | 8,003,628 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 11 | −3 | 10.7 | −1.4 | 3,139,274 |
| PDS / The Left | 7 | −1 | 7.4 | −0.1 | 2,168,455 |
| Alternative for Germany | 7 | 7.1 | 2,070,014 | ||
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 5 | −3 | 5.3 | −1.9 | 1,567,448 |
| Free Democratic Party | 3 | −9 | 3.4 | −7.6 | 986,841 |
| Free Voters | 1 | +1 | 1.5 | −0.2 | 428,800 |
| Pirate Party Germany | 1 | 1.4 | 425,044 | ||
| Animal Protection Party | 1 | +1 | 1.2 | +0.1 | 366,598 |
| National Democratic Party | 1 | 1.0 | 301,139 | ||
| Family Party of Germany | 1 | +1 | 0.7 | −0.3 | 202,803 |
| The Republicans | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | −0.9 | 109,757 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 2 |
± is the change against the Germany 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 8,812,653
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 8,003,628
- Alliance 90/The Greens 3,139,274
- PDS / The Left 2,168,455
- Alternative for Germany 2,070,014
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 1,567,448
- Free Democratic Party 986,841
- Free Voters 428,800
- Pirate Party Germany 425,044
- Animal Protection Party 366,598
- National Democratic Party 301,139
- Family Party of Germany 202,803
- The Republicans 109,757
- Unnamed party with one seat
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
48.1% of the 61,998,824 registered voters cast a ballot (29,843,798 ballots), up 4.9 points on 2009. 29,355,092 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1994 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU35.3% of votes35.4% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany27.3% of votes28.1% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens10.7% of votes11.5% of seats
- PDS / The Left7.4% of votes7.3% of seats
- Alternative for Germany7.1% of votes7.3% of seats
- Free Democratic Party3.4% of votes3.1% of seats
- Free Voters1.5% of votes1.0% of seats
- Pirate Party Germany1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
- Animal Protection Party1.2% of votes1.0% of seats
- National Democratic Party1.0% of votes1.0% of seats
- Family Party of Germany0.7% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.3 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 8.0 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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