Official Final Results of the German Election

General election in Germany 1957

German Election Results: September 15, 1957

Electoral Threshold

The electoral threshold for the Bundestag election is 5%.

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout was 87.8%.

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Seat Distribution and Mathematical Majorities

519
Majority requires 260 seats

The current government could maintain its majority

The incumbent governing parties secured 64.9% of the seats.

CDU/CSU
Right
53.4%
SPD + FDP
Centre-Left
43.2%

Governments of the Current Legislative Period

Adenauer III
1957
CDU/CSU
DP
Historical Government Cabinets: Germany
Cabinets and governing parties since 1945

Polling Accuracy: How Precise Were the Forecasts?

Comparison: Pre-Election Polls vs. Actual Election Results

Party Results: Vote Shares and Gains/Losses

CDU/CSU

Christian Democratic Union / Christian Social Union
Christian Democratic
Pro-European
50.2
+5.0

SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social Democratic
Pro-European
31.8
+3.0

FDP

Free Democratic Party
Liberal
Pro-European
7.7
-1.8

GB/BHE

All-German Bloc / League of Expellees and Disenfranchised
Right-wing Populist
Eurosceptic
4.6
-1.3

Deutsche Partei

German Party
Conservative
Pro-European
3.4
+0.1

Deutsche Reichspartei

German Reich Party
Right-wing Populist
Eurosceptic
1.0
-0.1

Föderalistische Union

Federalist Union
Regional
Centre-Right
0.9
+0.9

Bund der Deutschen

League of Germans, Party for Unity, Peace and Freedom
Left
0.2
+0.2

Deutsche Gemeinschaft

German Community
Far-Right
0.1
+0.1

Deutscher Mittelstand

German Middle Class
Centre-Right
0.1
+0.1

Südschleswigscher Wählerverband

South Schleswig Voters' Association
Regional
Centre-Left
0.1
-0.1

Freie Deutsche Volkspartei

Free German People's Party
Unknown
< 0.1
±0

Partei der guten Deutschen

Party of Good Germans
Satire
Transversal
< 0.1
±0

Vaterländische Union

Patriotic Union
Far-Right
< 0.1
±0

Data Sources and Methodology

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ParlGov – Parliamentary Democracy Data

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Additional Sources

Döring, Holger and Philip Manow. 2024. Parliaments and governments database (ParlGov).

CHES – Chapel Hill Expert Survey

The leading expert survey on party positions in Europe. Over 400 political scientists document party stances based on rigorous scientific criteria.

Additional Sources

Rovny, Jan, et al. “25 Years of Political Party Positions in Europe: The Chapel Hill Expert Survey, 1999-2024.”