2005 German federal election

The election of the German Federal Diet (Bundestag) 2005 took place on 18 September 2005.

2005 German federal election

18 September 2005
Registered	61,870,711 0.7%
Turnout	48,044,138 (77.7%) 1.4pp
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Angela Merkel Gerhard Schröder Guido Westerwelle Party CDU SPD FDP Last election 38.5%, 248 seats 38.55, 251 seats 7.4%, 47 seats Seats won 226 222 61 Seat change 22 29 14 Popular vote 16,631,049 16,194,665 4,648,144 Percentage 35.2% 34.2% 9.8% Swing 2.2pp 4.3 pp 2.4pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Gregor Gysi & Oskar Lafontaine Joschka Fischer Party Left The Greens Last election 4.0%, 2 seats 8.6%, 55 seats Seats won 54 51 Seat change 52 4 Popular vote 4,118,194 3,838,326 Percentage 8.7% 8.1% Swing 4.7 pp 0.5 pp
Government before election Schröder II SPD Government after election Merkel I CDU

Results

Parties		Constituency					Party list					Total seats
		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Total	+/−	%
	Christian Democratic Union ) (Christlich-Demokratische Union)	15,390,950	32.6	+0.6	106	+24	13,136,740	27.8	-1.7	74	-34	180	-10	29.3
	Christian Social Union of Bavaria ) (Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern)	3,889,990	8.2	-0.8	44	+1	3,494,309	7.4	-1.6	2	-13	46	-12	7.5
	Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands)	18,129,100	38.4	-3.5	145	-26	16,194,665	34.2	-4.3	77	-3	222	-29	36.2
	Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei)	2,208,531	4.7	+1.1	0	0	4,648,144	9.8	+2.5	61	+14	61	+14	9.9
	The Left Party.PDS (Die Linkspartei.PDS), since 2007: The Left (Die Linke)	3,764,168	8.0	+3.6	3	+1	4,118,194	8.7	+4.7	51	+51	54	+52	8.8
	Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen)	2,538,913	5.4	-0.2	1	0	3,838,326	8.1	-0.5	50	-4	51	-4	8.3
	National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands)	857,777	1.8	+1.6	0	0	748,568	1.6	+1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Other	1,272,410	2.7	–	0	0	1,857,610	4.0	–	0	0	0	0	–
	Totals	47,194,062	100	–	299	–	47,287,988	100	–	315	+11	614	+11	100