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Germany Bundestag Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
CDU/CSU
48.6 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
3
±0 compared to 1972
Voter Turnout
90.7 %
-0.4 percentage points compared to 1972
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Final Official Results of the Bundestag Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Bundestag Election Results on October 3, 1976

CDU/CSU
48.6
+3.7
SPD
42.6
-3.2
FDP
7.9
-0.5
DKP
0.3
±0.0
Heimat
0.3
-0.3
AUD
0.1
+0.1
KBW
0.1
+0.1
KPD
0.1
+0.1
5%-B.
< 0.1
±0.0
AVP
< 0.1
±0.0
CBV
< 0.1
±0.0
EAP
< 0.1
±0.0
GIM
< 0.1
±0.0
RFP
< 0.1
±0.0
UAP
< 0.1
±0.0
VL
< 0.1
±0.0
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 51.0% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the Bundestag Election

Total seats
518
Majority
260

Parties

  1. CDU/CSU 254 49.0%
  2. SPD 224 43.2%
  3. FDP 40 7.7%
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Who Governed Germany After the Bundestag Election

Election Day 10/03/1976 Government formation 74 days Schmidt II 12/16/1976 – 11/06/1980

Schmidt II

 December 16, 1976 – November 6, 1980 · 3 years 10 months
264 of 518 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Right CDU/CSU 48.6 % +3.7 254 +20
Centre-Left SPD 42.6 % -3.2 224 -18
Liberal FDP 7.9 % -0.5 40 -2
Unknown Deutsche Kommunistische Partei 0.3 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Far-Right Die Heimat 0.3 % -0.3 0 ±0
Environment & Climate Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Far-Left Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Far-Left KPD 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Center 5%-Block < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Right Aktionsgemeinschaft Vierte Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Regional Christliche Bayerische Volkspartei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Transversal Europäische Arbeiter-Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Far-Left Gruppe Internationale Marxisten < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Right Recht und Freiheit Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Right Unabhängige Arbeiter-Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Far-Left Vereinigte Linke < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0

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