2005 German federal election
The election of the German Federal Diet (Bundestag) 2005 took place on 18 September 2005.
| Parties | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Total | +/− | % | ||||
| Christian Democratic Union [1]) (Christlich-Demokratische Union) | 15,390,950 | 32.6 | +0.6 | 106 | +24 | 13,136,740 | 27.8 | -1.7 | 74 | -34 | 180 | -10 | 29.3 | |||
| Christian Social Union of Bavaria [1]) (Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern) | 3,889,990 | 8.2 | -0.8 | 44 | +1 | 3,494,309 | 7.4 | -1.6 | 2 | -13 | 46 | -12 | 7.5 | |||
| Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) | 18,129,100 | 38.4 | -3.5 | 145 | -26 | 16,194,665 | 34.2 | -4.3 | 77 | -3 | 222 | -29 | 36.2 | |||
| Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei) | 2,208,531 | 4.7 | +1.1 | 0 | 0 | 4,648,144 | 9.8 | +2.5 | 61 | +14 | 61 | +14 | 9.9 | |||
| The Left Party.PDS (Die Linkspartei.PDS), since 2007: The Left (Die Linke) | 3,764,168 | 8.0 | +3.6 | 3 | +1 | 4,118,194 | 8.7 | +4.7 | 51 | +51 | 54 | +52 | 8.8 | |||
| Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen) | 2,538,913 | 5.4 | -0.2 | 1 | 0 | 3,838,326 | 8.1 | -0.5 | 50 | -4 | 51 | -4 | 8.3 | |||
| National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands) | 857,777 | 1.8 | +1.6 | 0 | 0 | 748,568 | 1.6 | +1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Other | 1,272,410 | 2.7 | – | 0 | 0 | 1,857,610 | 4.0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Totals | 47,194,062 | 100 | – | 299 | – | 47,287,988 | 100 | – | 315 | +11 | 614 | +11 | 100 | |||
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
Seats won to the Bundestag in the 2005 election, created using Slashme tool.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria call themselves "sister-parties". They do not operate in the same regions and form one group in the Bundestag.