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All 496 seats in the Bundestag [lower-alpha 1] 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 38,510,395 2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 33,416,207 (86.8%) 0.9pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency for the first votes. Grey denotes seats won by the CDU/CSU; red denotes seats won by the SPD. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 217 of the 518 seats (including 15 of the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin).
Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending. [1] [2]
Party | Party-list | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Elected | West Berlin | Total | +/– | |||
Social Democratic Party | 12,813,186 | 39.28 | 108 | 12,998,474 | 40.07 | 94 | 202 | 15 | 217 | +14 | ||
Christian Democratic Union | 12,387,562 | 37.97 | 78 | 12,631,319 | 38.94 | 118 | 196 | 6 | 202 | +1 | ||
Christian Social Union | 3,136,506 | 9.62 | 13 | 3,204,648 | 9.88 | 36 | 49 | 0 | 49 | –1 | ||
Free Democratic Party | 3,096,739 | 9.49 | 49 | 2,562,294 | 7.90 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 50 | –17 | ||
National Democratic Party | 664,193 | 2.04 | 0 | 587,216 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
German Peace Union | 434,182 | 1.33 | 0 | 386,900 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Action Community of Independent Germans | 52,637 | 0.16 | 0 | 46,146 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Christian People's Party | 19,832 | 0.06 | 0 | 11,978 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Free Social Union | 10,631 | 0.03 | 0 | 6,287 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Independent Workers' Party | 3,959 | 0.01 | 0 | 1,127 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
European Federalist Party | 1,015 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Independents and voter groups | 660 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 32,620,442 | 100.00 | 248 | 32,437,049 | 100.00 | 248 | 496 | 22 | 518 | –3 | ||
Valid votes | 32,620,442 | 97.62 | 32,437,049 | 97.07 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 795,765 | 2.38 | 979,158 | 2.93 | ||||||||
Total votes | 33,416,207 | 100.00 | 33,416,207 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 38,510,395 | 86.77 | 38,510,395 | 86.77 | ||||||||
Source: Bundeswahlleiter |
State | Total seats | Seats won | ||
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CDU | SPD | CSU | ||
Baden-Württemberg | 36 | 30 | 6 | |
Bavaria | 44 | 8 | 36 | |
Bremen | 3 | 3 | ||
Hamburg | 8 | 8 | ||
Hesse | 22 | 5 | 17 | |
Lower Saxony | 30 | 20 | 10 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 73 | 38 | 35 | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
Saarland | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 248 | 118 | 94 | 36 |
State | Total seats | Seats won | |||
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SPD | CDU | FDP | CSU | ||
Baden-Württemberg | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | |
Bavaria | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | |
Bremen | 2 | 2 | |||
Hamburg | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
Hesse | 23 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |
Lower Saxony | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 80 | 31 | 36 | 13 | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
Saarland | 3 | 3 | |||
Schleswig-Holstein | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
Total | 248 | 108 | 78 | 49 | 13 |
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