Germany 2019 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 29 of 96 seats with 28.9% of the vote; 61.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 13.2 points on 2014.
- Germany
- Held
European Parliament result
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany23
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria6
- Alliance 90/The Greens21
- Social Democratic Party of Germany16
- Alternative for Germany11
- Free Democratic Party5
- PDS / The Left5
- Die PARTEI2
- Free Voters2
- Animal Protection Party1
- Ecological Democratic Party1
- Family Party of Germany1
- Pirate Party Germany1
- Unnamed party with one seat1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 23 | −6 | 22.6 | −7.4 | 8,438,975 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 21 | +10 | 20.5 | +9.8 | 7,677,071 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 16 | −11 | 15.8 | −11.5 | 5,916,882 |
| Alternative for Germany | 11 | +4 | 11.0 | +3.9 | 4,104,453 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 6 | +1 | 6.3 | +1.0 | 2,355,067 |
| PDS / The Left | 5 | −2 | 5.5 | −1.9 | 2,056,049 |
| Free Democratic Party | 5 | +2 | 5.4 | +2.0 | 2,028,594 |
| Die PARTEI | 2 | 2.4 | 899,079 | ||
| Free Voters | 2 | +1 | 2.2 | +0.7 | 806,703 |
| Animal Protection Party | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.2 | 542,226 |
| Ecological Democratic Party | 1 | 1.0 | 369,869 | ||
| Family Party of Germany | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 273,828 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | −1 | 0.7 | 249,098 | |
| Pirate Party Germany | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.7 | 243,302 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.3 | 130,299 |
± is the change against the Germany 2014 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 8,438,975
- Alliance 90/The Greens 7,677,071
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 5,916,882
- Alternative for Germany 4,104,453
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2,355,067
- PDS / The Left 2,056,049
- Free Democratic Party 2,028,594
- Die PARTEI 899,079
- Free Voters 806,703
- Animal Protection Party 542,226
- Ecological Democratic Party 369,869
- Family Party of Germany 273,828
- Unnamed party with one seat 249,098
- Pirate Party Germany 243,302
- Largest party without seats 130,299
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
61.4% of the 61,600,263 registered voters cast a ballot (37,807,746 ballots), up 13.2 points on 2014. 37,396,889 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1989 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU28.9% of votes30.2% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens20.5% of votes21.9% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany15.8% of votes16.7% of seats
- Alternative for Germany11.0% of votes11.5% of seats
- PDS / The Left5.5% of votes5.2% of seats
- Free Democratic Party5.4% of votes5.2% of seats
- Die PARTEI2.4% of votes2.1% of seats
- Free Voters2.2% of votes2.1% of seats
- Animal Protection Party1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
- Ecological Democratic Party1.0% of votes1.0% of seats
- Family Party of Germany0.7% of votes1.0% of seats
- Pirate Party Germany0.7% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 5.4 by seats; CDU/CSU led Alliance 90/The Greens by 8.4 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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