Election to the 16th German Bundestag
on 18 September 2005
Federal result
| Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Persons entitled to vote |
61,870,711 |
X |
61,870,711 |
X |
X |
| Voters, voter turnout |
48,044,134 |
77.7 |
48,044,134 |
77.7 |
X |
| Invalid |
850,072 |
1.8 |
756,146 |
1.6 |
X |
| Valid |
47,194,062 |
98.2 |
47,287,988 |
98.4 |
X |
| SPD |
18,129,100 |
38.4 |
16,194,665 |
34.2 |
222 |
| CDU |
15,390,950 |
32.6 |
13,136,740 |
27.8 |
180 |
| CSU |
3,889,990 |
8.2 |
3,494,309 |
7.4 |
46 |
| GRÜNE |
2,538,913 |
5.4 |
3,838,326 |
8.1 |
51 |
| FDP |
2,208,531 |
4.7 |
4,648,144 |
9.8 |
61 |
| Die Linke. |
3,764,168 |
8.0 |
4,118,194 |
8.7 |
54 |
| Others |
1,272,410 |
2.7 |
1,857,610 |
3.9 |
– |
| Offensive D |
5,401 |
0.0 |
3,338 |
0.0 |
– |
| REP |
38,678 |
0.1 |
266,101 |
0.6 |
– |
| NPD |
857,777 |
1.8 |
748,568 |
1.6 |
– |
| Die Tierschutzpartei |
7,341 |
0.0 |
110,603 |
0.2 |
– |
| GRAUE |
6,340 |
0.0 |
198,601 |
0.4 |
– |
| PBC |
57,027 |
0.1 |
108,605 |
0.2 |
– |
| DIE FRAUEN |
1,327 |
0.0 |
27,497 |
0.1 |
– |
| FAMILIE |
76,064 |
0.2 |
191,842 |
0.4 |
– |
| BüSo |
40,984 |
0.1 |
35,649 |
0.1 |
– |
| BP |
16,047 |
0.0 |
35,543 |
0.1 |
– |
| ZENTRUM |
1,297 |
0.0 |
4,010 |
0.0 |
– |
| Deutschland |
1,473 |
0.0 |
9,643 |
0.0 |
– |
| AGFG |
570 |
0.0 |
21,350 |
0.0 |
– |
| APPD |
3,018 |
0.0 |
4,233 |
0.0 |
– |
| 50Plus |
– |
– |
10,536 |
0.0 |
– |
| MLPD |
16,480 |
0.0 |
45,238 |
0.1 |
– |
| Die PARTEI |
6,923 |
0.0 |
10,379 |
0.0 |
– |
| PSG |
– |
– |
15,605 |
0.0 |
– |
| Pro DM |
– |
– |
10,269 |
0.0 |
– |
| CM |
1,011 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| DSU |
1,655 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| HP |
2,029 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| HUMANWIRTSCHAFTSPARTEI |
639 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| STATT Partei |
496 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| UNABHÄNGIGE |
11,703 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
118,130 |
0.3 |
– |
– |
– |