2017 German federal election
The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017.[1] The Christian Democratic Union won 33% of the vote, but both them and the Social Democratic Party lost many seats. The Alternative for Germany and Free Democratic Party both entered parliament and made great gains.
Parties
Major
These parties have received at least 4% of the national vote in the last German federal election, and are predicted to win seats in this next election.
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): led by Angela Merkel. The party is liberal conservative and pro-European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), a conservative party.
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): led by Martin Schulz. The party supports social democracy and is pro-European Union.
- The Left: led by Sahra Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch. The Left is a democratic socialist party.
- Alliance '90/The Greens: led by Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir. The party supports green politics and is pro-European Union.
- Free Democratic Party (FDP): led by Christian Lindner. The party supports classical liberalism and economic liberalism. The FDP is also pro-European Union.
- Alternative for Germany (AfD): led by Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland. The party is nationalistic and is against the European Union.
Minor
These parties received at least 1% of the national vote in the last German federal election.
- Pirate Party Germany: led by Patrick Schiffer. The party supports Pirate politics and is socially liberal.
- National Democratic Party of Germany (NDP): led by Frank Franz. The NDP is a neo-Nazi party.
- Free Voters: not a registered political party. The association attracts many conservative voters in the south.
Opinion polls
Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.
Results
| Parties | Party list[2] | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | % | ||
| CDU/CSU | 15,317,344 | 32.93% |  8.61%
|
246 | 65
|
34.7% | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9,539,381 | 20.51% | 5.22%
|
153 | 40
|
21.6% | |
| Alternative for Germany | 5,878,115 | 12.64% |  7.94%
|
94 | 94
|
13.3% | |
| Free Democratic Party | 4,999,449 | 10.75% | 5.99%
|
80 | 80
|
11.3% | |
| The Left | 4,297,270 | 9.24% | 0.65%
|
69 | 5
|
9.7% | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 4,158,400 | 8.94% | 0.49%
|
67 | 4
|
9.4% | |
| Free Voters | 463,292 | 1.00% | 0.03%
|
0 |  0
|
0.0% | |
| Die PARTEI | 454,349 | 0.98% | 0.80%
|
0 | 0
|
0.0% | |
| Human Environment Animal Protection | 374,179 | 0.80% | 0.48%
|
0 | 0
|
0.0% | |
| National Democratic Party | 176,020 | 0.38% | 0.90%
|
0 | 0
|
0.0% | |
| Pirate Party | 173,476 | 0.37% | 1.82%
|
0 | 0
|
0.0% | |
| Others | 684,217 | 1.47% | 0.20%
|
0 | 0
|
0.0% | |
| Totals | 46,515,492 | 100.0% | 0 | 709 | 0 | 100.0% | |
Results by state
| State[3] results in % | CDU/CSU | SPD | AfD | FDP | LINKE | GRÜNE | FW | PARTEI | all others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baden-Württemberg |
34.4 | 16.4 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 13.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
 Bavaria |
38.8 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
 Berlin |
22.7 | 17.9 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
 Brandenburg |
26.7 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 7.1 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
 Bremen |
25.0 | 26.8 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
 Hamburg |
27.2 | 23.5 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
 Hesse |
30.9 | 23.5 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
 Lower Saxony |
34.9 | 27.4 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
33.1 | 15.1 | 18.6 | 6.2 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
 North Rhine-Westphalia |
32.6 | 26.0 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
 Rhineland-Palatinate |
35.9 | 24.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
 Saarland |
32.4 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
 Saxony |
26.9 | 10.5 | 27.0 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
 Saxony-Anhalt |
30.3 | 15.2 | 19.6 | 7.8 | 17.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
 Schleswig-Holstein |
34.0 | 23.3 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
 Thuringia |
28.8 | 13.2 | 22.7 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
Voter turnout
| States[4] | Voter turnout |
|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg |
78.3% |
| Bavaria |
78.2% |
| Berlin |
75.6% |
| Brandenburg |
73.7% |
| Bremen |
70.7% |
| Hamburg |
75.9% |
| Hesse |
77.0% |
| Lower Saxony |
76.4% |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
70.9% |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
75.4% |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
77.6% |
| Saarland |
76.6% |
| Saxony |
75.4% |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
68.1% |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
76.5% |
| Thuringia |
74.3% |
Election leaders
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2017 German Federal Election Media
Elected candidates in the constituencies in the German federal election, 2017.
Results of the second vote by state
Additional member seats by state
Composition of German Bundestag after the 2017 election:* The Left: 69 seats
The father of the house of the 19th Bundestag, Hermann Otto Solms
Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Deutschland, Zweitstimmenanteil in Prozent der CDU/CSU
Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Deutschland, Zweitstimmenanteil in Prozent der SPD
Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Deutschland, Zweitstimmenanteil in Prozent der AfD
Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Deutschland, Zweitstimmenanteil in Prozent der FDP
