The election of the German Federal Diet (Bundestag) 2005 took place on 18 September 2005.[1][2][3][4][5]
2005 German federal election|
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| Registered | 61,870,711 0.7% |
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| Turnout | 48,044,138 (77.7%) 1.4pp |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Candidate
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Angela Merkel
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Gerhard Schröder
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Guido Westerwelle
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| Party
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CDU
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SPD
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FDP
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| Last election
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38.5%, 248 seats
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38.55, 251 seats
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7.4%, 47 seats
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| Seats won
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226
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222
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61
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| Seat change
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22
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29
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14
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| Popular vote
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16,631,049
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16,194,665
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4,648,144
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| Percentage
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35.2%
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34.2%
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9.8%
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| Swing
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2.2pp
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4.3 pp
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2.4pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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| Candidate
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Gregor Gysi & Oskar Lafontaine
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Joschka Fischer
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| Party
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| Last election
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4.0%, 2 seats
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8.6%, 55 seats
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| Seats won
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54
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51
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| Seat change
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52
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4
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| Popular vote
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4,118,194
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3,838,326
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| Percentage
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8.7%
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8.1%
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| Swing
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4.7 pp
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0.5 pp
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Results
| Parties
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Constituency
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Party list
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Total seats
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| Votes
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%
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+/−
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Seats
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+/−
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Votes
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%
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+/−
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Seats
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+/−
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Total
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+/−
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%
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Christian Democratic Union [6]) (Christlich-Demokratische Union)
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15,390,950
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32.6
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+0.6
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106
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+24
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13,136,740
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27.8
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-1.7
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74
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-34
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180
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-10
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29.3
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Christian Social Union of Bavaria [6]) (Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern)
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3,889,990
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8.2
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-0.8
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44
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+1
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3,494,309
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7.4
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-1.6
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2
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-13
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46
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-12
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7.5
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Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands)
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18,129,100
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38.4
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-3.5
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145
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-26
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16,194,665
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34.2
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-4.3
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77
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-3
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222
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-29
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36.2
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Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei)
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2,208,531
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4.7
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+1.1
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0
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0
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4,648,144
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9.8
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+2.5
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61
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+14
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61
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+14
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9.9
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The Left Party.PDS (Die Linkspartei.PDS), since 2007: The Left (Die Linke)
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3,764,168
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8.0
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+3.6
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3
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+1
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4,118,194
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8.7
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+4.7
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51
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+51
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54
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+52
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8.8
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Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen)
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2,538,913
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5.4
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-0.2
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1
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0
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3,838,326
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8.1
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-0.5
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50
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-4
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51
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-4
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8.3
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National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands)
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857,777
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1.8
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+1.6
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0
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0
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748,568
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1.6
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+1.2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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Other
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1,272,410
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2.7
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–
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0
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0
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1,857,610
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4.0
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–
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0
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0
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0
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0
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–
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Totals
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47,194,062
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100
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–
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299
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–
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47,287,988
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100
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–
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315
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+11
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614
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+11
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100
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2005 German Federal Election Media
Election placard of the Social Democratic Party
A bicycle-taxi (velotaxi) in front of the German Reichstag building in Berlin with the Greens livery
Left Party election placard
Polling for the 2005 German federal election
Ballot for electoral district 252, Würzburg. Constituency vote on left, party list vote on right.
Parliamentary districts won by each party
Bundestag elected members, 2005
Percentage of SPD party list votes in the 2005 German federal election
Percentage of CDU/CSU party list votes in the 2005 German federal election
Percentage of FDP party list votes in the 2005 German federal election
References