Christian Democratic Union of Germany
As of , Christian Democratic Union of Germany's latest result in our data is 22.6% of the vote and 164 seats in the Germany 2025 federal election; its highest share in our data, since 1949, came in 1957, with 39.7% of the vote.
- Christlich Demokratische Union
- Germany
- 30 elections in our data, 1949 to 2025
Share of the vote
Every result
| Election | Share % | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Germany 2025 federal election | 22.6 | 164 of 630 |
| Germany 2021 federal election | 19.0 | 152 of 735 |
| Germany 2017 federal election | 26.8 | 200 of 709 |
| Germany 2013 federal election | 34.1 | 255 of 631 |
| Germany 2009 federal election | 27.3 | 194 of 622 |
| Germany 2005 federal election | 27.8 | 180 of 614 |
| Germany 2002 federal election | 29.5 | 190 of 603 |
| Germany 1998 federal election | 28.4 | 198 of 669 |
| Germany 1994 federal election | 34.2 | 244 of 672 |
| Germany 1990 federal election | 36.7 | 268 of 662 |
| Germany 1987 federal election | 34.5 | 174 of 497 |
| Germany 1983 federal election | 38.2 | 191 of 498 |
| Germany 1980 federal election | 34.2 | 174 of 497 |
| Germany 1976 federal election | 38.1 | 190 of 496 |
| Germany 1972 federal election | 35.2 | 177 of 496 |
| Germany 1969 federal election | 36.6 | 193 of 496 |
| Germany 1965 federal election | 38.2 | 196 of 496 |
| Germany 1961 federal election | 35.8 | 192 of 499 |
| Germany 1957 federal election | 39.7 | 217 of 497 |
| Germany 1953 federal election | 36.4 | 191 of 487 |
| Germany 1949 federal election | 25.2 | 115 of 402 |
European Parliament
Other parties in Germany
- Alternative for Germany
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Alliance 90/The Greens
- PDS / The Left
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria
- Free Democratic Party
- Free Voters
- Animal Protection Party
- Die PARTEI
- Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany
- South Schleswig Voter League
- Family Party of Germany
- Pirate Party Germany
- National Democratic Party
- The Republicans
- German People's Union
- German Peace Union
- All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights
- German Party
- Deutsche Reichspartei
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Party Facts, Version 2023 (Bederke, Döring and Regel), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Die Bundeswahlleiterin, Wiesbaden (source). Licence: Data licence Germany, attribution, version 2.0
- Die Bundeswahlleiterin, Wiesbaden; Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) (source). Licence: Data licence Germany, attribution, version 2.0
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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