| Specification | First votes | Second votes | Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 41 446 302 | x | 41 446 302 | x | x |
| Voters 1) | 37 761 589 | 91.1 | 37 761 589 | 91.1 | x |
| Invalid | 457 810 | 1.2 | 301 839 | 0.8 | x |
| Valid | 37 303 779 | x | 37 459 750 | x | x |
| SPD | 18 228 239 | 48.9 | 17 175 169 | 45.8 | 242 |
| CDU | 13 304 813 | 35.7 | 13 190 837 | 35.2 | 186 |
| CSU | 3 620 625 | 9.7 | 3 615 183 | 9.7 | 48 |
| FDP | 1 790 513 | 4.8 | 3 129 982 | 8.4 | 42 |
| Others | 359 589 | 1.0 | 348 579 | 0.9 | – |
| of which: | |||||
| DKP | 146 258 | 0.4 | 113 891 | 0.3 | – |
| EFP | 7 581 | 0.0 | 24 057 | 0.1 | – |
| FSU | 1 864 | 0.0 | 3 166 | 0.0 | – |
| NPD | 194 389 | 0.5 | 207 465 | 0.6 | – |
| Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates | 9 497 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| 1) % = Voter turnout. | |||||
Result of the 7th Bundestag Election of 19 November 1972 by Länder (XLS, 37 KB)
Result of the 7th Bundestag Election of 19 November 1972 by constituencies (CSV, 33 KB)
Party seats on 19 November 1972 by Länder (XLS, 21 KB)
