2017 German federal election

federal election for the 19th Bundestag

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.

The German Bundestag after the 2017 election:
  CDU/CSU: 246* seats
  SPD: 153 seats
  AfD: 94 seats
  FDP: 80 seats
  The Left: 69 seats
  Greens: 67 seats
* CDU: 200, CSU: 46.

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.

Minor

These parties received at least 1% of the national vote in the last German federal election.

Opinion polls

Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.

Results

PartiesParty list[2]Total seats
Votes%+/−Seats+/−%
CDU/CSU15,317,34432.93% 8.61%246 6534.7%
Social Democratic Party9,539,38120.51% 5.22%153 4021.6%
Alternative for Germany5,878,11512.64% 7.94%94 9413.3%
Free Democratic Party4,999,44910.75% 5.99%80 8011.3%
The Left4,297,2709.24% 0.65%69 59.7%
Alliance '90/The Greens4,158,4008.94% 0.49%67 49.4%
Free Voters463,2921.00% 0.03%0 00.0%
Die PARTEI454,3490.98% 0.80%0 00.0%
Human Environment Animal Protection374,1790.80% 0.48%0 00.0%
National Democratic Party176,0200.38% 0.90%0 00.0%
Pirate Party173,4760.37% 1.82%0 00.0%
Others684,2171.47% 0.20%0 00.0%
Totals46,515,492100.0%07090100.0%

Results by state

State[3] results in %CDU/CSUSPDAfDFDPLINKEGRÜNEFWPARTEIall others
 Baden-Württemberg34.416.412.212.76.413.50.70.73.0
 Bavaria38.815.312.410.26.19.82.70.74.0
 Berlin22.717.912.08.918.812.60.32.14.7
 Brandenburg26.717.620.27.117.25.01.21.33.7
 Bremen25.026.810.09.313.511.00.41.72.3
 Hamburg27.223.57.810.812.213.90.41.62.6
 Hesse30.923.511.911.68.19.70.90.92.5
 Lower Saxony34.927.49.19.36.98.70.40.92.4
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania33.115.118.66.217.84.30.81.03.1
 North Rhine-Westphalia32.626.09.413.17.57.60.30.82.7
 Rhineland-Palatinate35.924.211.210.46.87.61.41.01.5
 Saarland32.427.210.17.612.96.00.81.31.7
 Saxony26.910.527.08.216.14.61.11.34.3
 Saxony-Anhalt30.315.219.67.817.83.71.21.13.3
 Schleswig-Holstein34.023.38.212.67.312.00.61.20.8
 Thuringia28.813.222.77.816.94.11.61.53.4

Voter turnout

States[4]Voter turnout
 Baden-Württemberg78.3%
 Bavaria78.2%
 Berlin75.6%
 Brandenburg73.7%
 Bremen70.7%
 Hamburg75.9%
 Hesse77.0%
 Lower Saxony76.4%
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania70.9%
 North Rhine-Westphalia75.4%
 Rhineland-Palatinate77.6%
 Saarland76.6%
 Saxony75.4%
 Saxony-Anhalt68.1%
 Schleswig-Holstein76.5%
 Thuringia74.3%

Election leaders

References