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

Election Winner
CDU/CSU
43.8 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
5
+1 compared to 1987
Voter Turnout
77.8 %
-6.5 percentage points compared to 1987
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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 December 2, 1990

CDU/CSU
43.8
-0.5
SPD
33.5
-3.5
FDP
11.0
+1.9
Die Grünen
3.8
-4.5
PDS
2.4
+2.4
REP
2.1
+2.1
Bü90
1.2
+1.2
Graue
0.8
+0.8
ÖDP
0.4
+0.1
Heimat
0.3
-0.3
DSU
0.2
+0.2
LIGA
0.1
+0.1
CM
0.1
+0.1
BP
0.1
±0.0
BSA
< 0.1
±0.0
DDD
< 0.1
±0.0
ÖKO
< 0.1
±0.0
EFP
< 0.1
±0.0
KPD
< 0.1
±0.0
SpAD
< 0.1
±0.0
VAA
< 0.1
±0.0
MB
< 0.1
-0.1
Patr.
< 0.1
-0.1
FRAU
< 0.1
-0.2
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 60.1% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the Bundestag Election

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Who Governed Germany After the Bundestag Election

Election Day 12/02/1990 Government formation 47 days Kohl IV 01/18/1991 – 11/17/1994

Kohl IV

 January 18, 1991 – November 17, 1994 · 3 years 9 months
398 of 662 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Right CDU/CSU 43.8 % -0.5 319 +85
Centre-Left SPD 33.5 % -3.5 239 +46
Liberal FDP 11.0 % +1.9 79 +31
Environment & Climate Die Grünen 3.8 % -4.5 0 -42
Left PDS 2.4 % +2.4 17 +17
Right Republikaner 2.1 % +2.1 0 ±0
Environment & Climate Bündnis 90 1.2 % +1.2 8 +8
Center Die Grauen – Graue Panther 0.8 % +0.8 0 ±0
Environment & Climate ÖDP 0.4 % +0.1 0 ±0
Far-Right Die Heimat 0.3 % -0.3 0 ±0
Unknown Deutsche Soziale Union 0.2 % +0.2 0 ±0
Right Christliche Liga 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Unknown Christliche Mitte 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Right Bayernpartei 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Far-Left Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Unknown Deutsche Demokraten < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Environment & Climate Deutsche Solidarität < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Center Europäische Föderalistische Partei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Unknown KPD-Ost < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Far-Left Spartakist-Arbeiterpartei < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Left Vereinigung der Arbeitskreise < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Centre-Right Die Mündigen Bürger < 0.1 % -0.1 0 ±0
Right Patrioten für Deutschland < 0.1 % -0.1 0 ±0
Unknown FRAUEN < 0.1 % -0.2 0 ±0

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