Election to the 4th German Bundestag
on 17 September 1961
Federal result
| Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Persons entitled to vote |
37,440,715 |
X |
37,440,715 |
X |
X |
| Voters, voter turnout |
32,849,624 |
87.7 |
32,849,624 |
87.7 |
X |
| Invalid |
845,158 |
2.6 |
1,298,723 |
4.0 |
X |
| Valid |
32,004,466 |
97.4 |
31,550,901 |
96.0 |
X |
| SPD |
11,672,057 |
36.5 |
11,427,355 |
36.2 |
203 |
| CDU |
11,622,995 |
36.3 |
11,283,901 |
35.8 |
201 |
| F.D.P. |
3,866,269 |
12.1 |
4,028,766 |
12.8 |
67 |
| CSU |
3,104,742 |
9.7 |
3,014,471 |
9.6 |
50 |
| Others |
1,738,403 |
5.4 |
1,796,408 |
5.7 |
– |
| DFU |
587,488 |
1.8 |
609,918 |
1.9 |
– |
| DG |
21,083 |
0.1 |
27,308 |
0.1 |
– |
| DRP |
242,649 |
0.8 |
262,977 |
0.8 |
– |
| GDP (DP-BHE) |
859,290 |
2.7 |
870,756 |
2.8 |
– |
| SSW |
24,951 |
0.1 |
25,449 |
0.1 |
– |
| WGnD |
778 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
2,164 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |