2017 German federal election
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SPD: 153 seats
AfD: 94 seats
FDP: 80 seats
The Left: 69 seats
Greens: 67 seats
* CDU: 200, CSU: 46. 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
[change | change source]Major
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.
Results
[change | change source]Parties | Party list[2] | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | % | ||
CDU/CSU | 15,317,344 | 32.93% | 246 | 34.7% | |||
Social Democratic Party | 9,539,381 | 20.51% | 153 | 21.6% | |||
Alternative for Germany | 5,878,115 | 12.64% | 94 | 13.3% | |||
Free Democratic Party | 4,999,449 | 10.75% | 80 | 11.3% | |||
The Left | 4,297,270 | 9.24% | 69 | 9.7% | |||
Alliance '90/The Greens | 4,158,400 | 8.94% | 67 | 9.4% | |||
Free Voters | 463,292 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Die PARTEI | 454,349 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 374,179 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
National Democratic Party | 176,020 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Pirate Party | 173,476 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Others | 684,217 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Totals | 46,515,492 | 100.0% | 0 | 709 | 0 | 100.0% |
Results by state
[change | change source]State[3] results in % | CDU/CSU | SPD | AfD | FDP | LINKE | GRÜNE | FW | PARTEI | all others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34.4 | 16.4 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 13.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
38.8 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 | |
22.7 | 17.9 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 | |
26.7 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 7.1 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | |
25.0 | 26.8 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | |
27.2 | 23.5 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | |
30.9 | 23.5 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | |
34.9 | 27.4 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | |
33.1 | 15.1 | 18.6 | 6.2 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | |
32.6 | 26.0 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.7 | |
35.9 | 24.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
32.4 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | |
26.9 | 10.5 | 27.0 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 4.3 | |
30.3 | 15.2 | 19.6 | 7.8 | 17.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 | |
34.0 | 23.3 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | |
28.8 | 13.2 | 22.7 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
Voter turnout
[change | change source]States[4] | Voter turnout |
---|---|
78.3% | |
78.2% | |
75.6% | |
73.7% | |
70.7% | |
75.9% | |
77.0% | |
76.4% | |
70.9% | |
75.4% | |
77.6% | |
76.6% | |
75.4% | |
68.1% | |
76.5% | |
74.3% |