Roderich Egeler
President of the Federal Statistical Office
Press release June 30, 2009
Final result of the 2009 European Election
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Returning Officer, at its meeting on 30 June 2009, the Federal Electoral Committee determined the final result of the 2009 European Election for the Federal Republic of Germany.
With a voter participation of 43.3 percent (2004: 43.0 percent), the parties obtained the following shares in the total number of votes cast:
- CDU 30.7 percent (2004: 36.5 percent)
- SPD 20.8 percent (2004: 21.5 percent)
- GRÜNE 12.1 percent (2004: 11.9 percent)
- FDP 11.0 percent (2004: 6.1 percent)
- DIE LINKE 7.5 percent (2004: 6.1 percent)
- CSU 7.2 percent (2004: 8.0 percent)
- other lists of candidates 10.8 percent (2004: 9.8 percent)
In this year’s European Election, the share of invalid votes was 2.2 percent (2004: 2.8 percent).
The various parties and other political organisations of the other lists of candidates obtained the following shares in votes cast (arranged by number of votes obtained):
- FW FREIE WÄHLER 1.7 percent (2004: did not participate)
- REP 1.3 percent (2004: 1.9 percent)
- Die Tierschutzpartei 1.1 percent (2004: 1.3 percent)
- FAMILIE 1.0 percent (2004: 1.0 percent)
- PIRATEN 0.9 percent (2004: did not participate)
- RENTNER 0.8 percent (2004: did not participate)
- ödp 0.5 percent (2004: 0.6 percent)
- DVU 0.4 percent (2004: did not participate)
- RRP 0.4 percent (2004: did not participate)
- DIE FRAUEN 0.3 percent (2004: 0.6 percent)
- PBC 0.3 percent (2004: 0.4 percent)
- Volksabstimmung 0.3 percent (2004: 0.5 percent)
- 50Plus 0.3 percent (2004: did not participate)
- DIE GRAUEN 0.2 percent (2004: did not participate)
- BP 0.2 percent (2004: 0.1 percent)
- DIE VIOLETTEN 0.2 percent (2004: did not participate)
- VOLKSENTSCHEIDE 0.2 percent (2004: did not participate)
- CM 0.2 percent (2004: 0.2 percent)
- AUF 0.1 percent (2004: did not participate)
- AUFBRUCH 0.1 percent (2004: 0.2 percent)
- FBI 0.1 percent (2004: did not participate)
- DKP 0.1 percent (2004: 0.1 percent)
- Newropeans 0.1 percent (2004: did not participate)
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- BüSo 0.0 percent (2004: 0.1 percent)
- PSG 0.0 percent (2004: 0.1 percent)
Of the total of 736 seats in the European Parliament, the Federal Republic of Germany accounts for 99 seats. According to the official final result, those seats have been distributed among the parties as follows:
- CDU 34 seats (2004: 40 seats)
- SPD 23 seats (2004: 23 seats)
- GRÜNE 14 seats (2004: 13 seats)
- FDP 12 seats (2004: 7 seats)
- DIE LINKE 8 seats (2004: 7 seats)
- CSU 8 seats (2004: 9 seats)
Hence no changes occurred when compared with the official provisional result of the 2009 European Election.
The final results of the 2009 European Election for the Federation, the 16 Länder and the 413 towns not attached to an administrative district and administrative districts are available on the website of the Federal Returning Officer.
Those results are also documented in no. 3 (Endgültige Ergebnisse nach kreisfreien Städten und Landkreisen) of the publication series of the Federal Returning Officer on the 2009 European Election. The number is available for free PDF download on the website of the Federal Returning Officer.
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