Roderich Egeler
President of the Federal Statistical Office
Press release June 8, 2009
Amended official preliminary result of the 2009 European election
WIESBADEN/BERLIN – On 8 June 2009, at 4.15 a.m., the Federal Returning Officer has announced the amended official preliminary result of the seventh direct election of the 99 members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany on 7 June 2009.
The amendment does neither affect the distribution of seats nor the elected candidates. The share of votes of the CDU is amended to 30,7 percent instead of 30,6 percent. The reason for the amendment was an incorrect notification.
With a voter turnout of 43.3% (2004: 43.0%), the parties obtained the following shares in the total number of votes cast
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CDU
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30.7 percent
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(2004: 36.5 percent),
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–
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SPD
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20.8 percent
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(2004: 21.5 percent),
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–
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GRÜNE
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12.1 percent
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(2004: 11.9 percent),
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–
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CSU
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7.2 percent
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(2004: 8.0 percent),
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–
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DIE LINKE
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7.5 percent
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(2004: 6.1 percent),
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–
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FDP
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11.0 percent
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(2004: 6.1 percent) and
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–
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other nominations
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10.8 percent
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(2004: 9.8 procent).
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In the 2009 European election, the share of invalid votes was 2.2% (2004: 2.8%).
Of the total of 736 seats in the European Parliament, the Federal Republic of Germany accounts for 99 seats. According to the official preliminary result, these seats have been distributed among the parties as follows:
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CDU
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34 seats
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(2004: 40 seats),
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–
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SPD
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23 seats
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(2004: 23 seats),
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–
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GRÜNE
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14 seats
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(2004: 13 seats),
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–
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CSU
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8 seats
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(2004: 9 seats),
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–
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DIE LINKE
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8 seats
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(2004: 7 seats),
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–
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FDP
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12 seats
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(2004: 7 seats).
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The preliminary results of the 2009 European election for the Federation, the 16 Länder, the 413 administrative districts and towns not attached to an administrative district are available on the Internet.
Issue no. 2 "Vorläufige Ergebnisse nach kreisfreien Städten und Landkreisen“ (Preliminary results by towns not attached to an administrative district and administrative districts), a publication of the Federal Returning Officer on the 2009 European election, also contains a record of the preliminary results. The publication may be downloaded free of charge as a pdf file from the website of the Federal Returning Officer.
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The Federal Returning Officer expresses his sincere thanks to the more than 600,000 of voluntary workers in the electoral boards. Their commitment has a constitutive share in the successful performance of the European election 2009 and provides an important service to our democracy. His sincere thanks are also given to the thousands of persons who have kept the election process running smoothly by working at the electoral offices of the administrative districts, towns and municipalities, at authorities or at the Deutsche Post AG postal services.
The final official result of the 2009 European election will be determined and announced by the Federal Electoral Committee at a public meeting at the German Bundestag in Berlin, Marie-Elisabeth-Haus (entrance Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Street 1), room 3.101 (Anhörungssaal) on 30 June 2009 at 11 a.m.
For further information please contact:
Margitta von Schwarzenberg,
tel: (+49-611) 75-2754,
E-mail: bundeswahlleiter@destatis.de
In the 2009 European election, the share of invalid votes was 2.2% (2004: 2.8%).
Of the total of 736 seats in the European Parliament, the Federal Republic of Germany accounts for 99 seats. According to the official preliminary result, these seats have been distributed among the parties as follows: