As reported by the Federal Returning Officer, a CD containing the results of the 2009 Bundestag Election by polling districts is now available. All data on the CD are provided in txt format so that they can be processed further in any database program. Due to the great number of data records, Excel cannot be used for processing straight away. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read the notes and data record descriptions.
More than half of the younger voters aged between 18 and 24 years cast their vote for smaller parties in this year’s European Election in Germany. A total of 49.4% of the voters of this age group cast their vote for the CDU/CSU or the SPD. This is reported by the Federal Returning Officer based on the results of the representative electoral statistics which are now available for the European Election that was held on 7 June 2009. The results provide information on the voting behaviour of voters in the European Election in Germany in a breakdown by sex, age group and structure of voters and non-voters.
