2017 German federal election

2017 German federal election

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)
All 709 seats in the Bundestag (including overhang and leveling seats) 355 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	61,688,485 ( 0.4%)
Turnout	76.2% ( 4.7 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Angela Merkel Martin Schulz Alexander Gauland & Alice Weidel Party CDU/CSU SPD AfD Last election 41.5%, 311 seats 25.7%, 193 seats 4.7%, 0 seats Seats won 246 153 94 Seat change 65 40 94 Popular vote 15,317,344 9,539,381 5,878,115 Percentage 32.9% 20.5% 12.6% Swing 8.6 pp 5.2 pp 7.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Christian Lindner Dietmar Bartsch & Sahra Wagenknecht Katrin Göring-Eckardt & Cem Özdemir Party FDP Left Green Last election 4.8%, 0 seats 8.6%, 64 seats 8.4%, 63 seats Seats won 80 69 67 Seat change 80 5 4 Popular vote 4,999,449 4,297,270 4,158,400 Percentage 10.7% 9.2% 8.9% Swing 5.9 pp 0.6 pp 0.5 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election Third Merkel cabinet CDU/CSU–SPD Government after election Fourth Merkel cabinet CDU/CSU–SPD

The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017. The Christian Democratic Union won 33% of the vote, but both them and the Social Democratic Party lost many seats. The Alternative for Germany and Free Democratic Party both entered parliament and made great gains.

Parties

Major

These parties have received at least 4% of the national vote in the last German federal election, and are predicted to win seats in this next election.

• Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): led by Angela Merkel. The party is liberal conservative and pro-European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), a conservative party.
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): led by Martin Schulz. The party supports social democracy and is pro-European Union.
• The Left: led by Sahra Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch. The Left is a democratic socialist party.
• Alliance '90/The Greens: led by Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir. The party supports green politics and is pro-European Union.
• Free Democratic Party (FDP): led by Christian Lindner. The party supports classical liberalism and economic liberalism. The FDP is also pro-European Union.
• Alternative for Germany (AfD): led by Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland. The party is nationalistic and is against the European Union.

Minor

These parties received at least 1% of the national vote in the last German federal election.

• Pirate Party Germany: led by Patrick Schiffer. The party supports Pirate politics and is socially liberal.
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NDP): led by Frank Franz. The NDP is a neo-Nazi party.
• Free Voters: not a registered political party. The association attracts many conservative voters in the south.

Opinion polls

Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.

Results

Parties		Party list			Total seats
		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	%
	CDU/CSU	15,317,344	32.93%	8.61%	246	65	34.7%
	Social Democratic Party	9,539,381	20.51%	5.22%	153	40	21.6%
	Alternative for Germany	5,878,115	12.64%	7.94%	94	94	13.3%
	Free Democratic Party	4,999,449	10.75%	5.99%	80	80	11.3%
	The Left	4,297,270	9.24%	0.65%	69	5	9.7%
	Alliance '90/The Greens	4,158,400	8.94%	0.49%	67	4	9.4%
	Free Voters	463,292	1.00%	0.03%	0	0	0.0%
	Die PARTEI	454,349	0.98%	0.80%	0	0	0.0%
	Human Environment Animal Protection	374,179	0.80%	0.48%	0	0	0.0%
	National Democratic Party	176,020	0.38%	0.90%	0	0	0.0%
	Pirate Party	173,476	0.37%	1.82%	0	0	0.0%
	Others	684,217	1.47%	0.20%	0	0	0.0%
Totals		46,515,492	100.0%	0	709	0	100.0%

Results by state

State results in %	CDU/CSU	SPD	AfD	FDP	LINKE	GRÜNE	FW	PARTEI	all others
Baden-Württemberg	34.4	16.4	12.2	12.7	6.4	13.5	0.7	0.7	3.0
Bavaria	38.8	15.3	12.4	10.2	6.1	9.8	2.7	0.7	4.0
Berlin	22.7	17.9	12.0	8.9	18.8	12.6	0.3	2.1	4.7
Brandenburg	26.7	17.6	20.2	7.1	17.2	5.0	1.2	1.3	3.7
Bremen	25.0	26.8	10.0	9.3	13.5	11.0	0.4	1.7	2.3
Hamburg	27.2	23.5	7.8	10.8	12.2	13.9	0.4	1.6	2.6
Hesse	30.9	23.5	11.9	11.6	8.1	9.7	0.9	0.9	2.5
Lower Saxony	34.9	27.4	9.1	9.3	6.9	8.7	0.4	0.9	2.4
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	33.1	15.1	18.6	6.2	17.8	4.3	0.8	1.0	3.1
North Rhine-Westphalia	32.6	26.0	9.4	13.1	7.5	7.6	0.3	0.8	2.7
Rhineland-Palatinate	35.9	24.2	11.2	10.4	6.8	7.6	1.4	1.0	1.5
Saarland	32.4	27.2	10.1	7.6	12.9	6.0	0.8	1.3	1.7
Saxony	26.9	10.5	27.0	8.2	16.1	4.6	1.1	1.3	4.3
Saxony-Anhalt	30.3	15.2	19.6	7.8	17.8	3.7	1.2	1.1	3.3
Schleswig-Holstein	34.0	23.3	8.2	12.6	7.3	12.0	0.6	1.2	0.8
Thuringia	28.8	13.2	22.7	7.8	16.9	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.4

Voter turnout

States	Voter turnout
Baden-Württemberg	78.3%
Bavaria	78.2%
Berlin	75.6%
Brandenburg	73.7%
Bremen	70.7%
Hamburg	75.9%
Hesse	77.0%
Lower Saxony	76.4%
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	70.9%
North Rhine-Westphalia	75.4%
Rhineland-Palatinate	77.6%
Saarland	76.6%
Saxony	75.4%
Saxony-Anhalt	68.1%
Schleswig-Holstein	76.5%
Thuringia	74.3%

Election leaders

• 
  Angela Merkel
  CDU(-CSU)
• 
  Joachim Herrmann
  CSU
• 
  Martin Schulz
  SPD
• 
  Dietmar Bartsch
  The Left
• 
  Sahra Wagenknecht
  The Left

• 
  Katrin Göring-Eckardt
  Greens
• 
  Cem Özdemir
  Greens
• 
  Christian Lindner
  FDP
• 
  Alexander Gauland
  AfD
• 
  Alice Weidel
  AfD