Germany Bundestag Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options
Parties in Parliament
5
±0 compared to 2005
Voter Turnout
70.9 %
-6.8 percentage points compared to 2005
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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 27 September 2009
Government could remain in office
The incumbent governing parties achieved 62.0% of the seats.
Seat Distribution After the Bundestag Election
Total seats
624
Majority
313
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Coalition Calculator: Paths to Majority in Germany's Bundestag
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Election Day
27/09/2009
Government formation
31 days
Merkel II
28/10/2009 – 17/12/2013
Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses
Behind each vote share we also show what percentage of all eligible voters backed a party – non-voters included.
| Orientation | Party | Votes | Electorate | Seats | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-Right | CDU/CSU | 33.8 % -1.4 | 24.0 % | 239 +13 | |
| Centre-Left | SPD | 23.0 % -11.2 | 16.3 % | 148 -74 | |
| Liberal | FDP | 14.6 % +4.8 | 10.4 % | 93 +32 | |
| Left | Die Linke | 11.9 % +11.9 | 8.4 % | 76 +76 | |
| Environment & Climate | Grüne | 10.7 % +2.6 | 7.6 % | 68 +17 | |
| Centre-Left | Piratenpartei | 2.0 % +2.0 | 1.4 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Far-Right | Die Heimat | 1.5 % -0.1 | 1.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Animal Welfare | Tierschutzpartei | 0.5 % +0.3 | 0.4 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Right | Republikaner | 0.4 % -0.2 | 0.3 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Environment & Climate | ÖDP | 0.3 % +0.3 | 0.2 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Centre-Right | FAMILIE | 0.3 % -0.1 | 0.2 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Center | Bündnis 21 | 0.2 % +0.2 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Unknown | Demokratie durch Volksabstimmung | 0.1 % +0.1 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Far-Right | Deutsche Volksunion | 0.1 % +0.1 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Unknown | Die Violetten | 0.1 % +0.1 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Center | Rentner Partei Deutschland | 0.1 % +0.1 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Right | Bayernpartei | 0.1 % ±0.0 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Transversal | Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität | 0.1 % ±0.0 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Far-Left | MLPD | 0.1 % ±0.0 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Right | Partei Bibeltreuer Christen | 0.1 % -0.1 | 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Center | Allianz der Mitte | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Unknown | Christliche Mitte | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Unknown | Deutsche Kommunistische Partei | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Centre-Right | Freie Union | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Centre-Right | Freie Wähler | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Unknown | Gleichheitspartei | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 | |
| Centre-Right | Zentrum | < 0.1 % ±0.0 | < 0.1 % | 0 ±0 |
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