GERMANY ELECTIONS ARCHIVE

GERMANY ELECTIONS INDEX

ELECTIONS INDEX

BUNDESTAG ELECTION RESULTS 1983 March 6

F.R. of Germany	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Social Democratic Party	15686033	40.4	68	14865807	38.2	125	193
Christian Democratic Union	15943460	41.0	136	14857680	38.2	55	191
Christian Social Union	4318800	11.1	44	4140865	10.6	9	53
Free Democratic Party	1087918	2.8	0	2706942	7.0	34	34
The Greens	1609855	4.1	0	2167431	5.6	27	27
Others	199287	0.5	0	201962	0.5	0	0
Total	38845353	98.9	248	38940687	99.1	250	498
Invalid	434176	1.1		338841	0.9

State	Electors	Voters	%	% electors	seats
Schleswig-Holstein	1975075	1761269	89.2	4.48	11	10
Hamburg	1246089	1105844	88.7	2.83	7	6
Bremen	523260	462122	88.3	1.19	3	2
Niedersachsen	5480450	4909061	89.6	12.43	31	32
Nordrhein-Westfalen	12576604	11254374	89.5	28.53	71	75
Rheinland-Pfalz	2816609	2546266	90.4	6.39	16	15
Saarland	841073	761886	90.6	1.91	5	3
Hessen	4071991	3673072	90.2	9.24	22	26
Baden-Wurttemberg	6544795	5785570	88.4	14.84	37	37
Bayern	8012989	7020065	87.6	18.17	45	44
F.R. of Germany	44088935	39279529	89.1	100.00	248	250

Schleswig-Holstein	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	869838	49.8	9	812175	46.5	1	10
Social Democratic Party	773606	44.3	2	728903	41.7	7	9
Free Democratic Party	36732	2.1	0	109899	6.3	1	1
The Greens	60034	3.4	0	91098	5.2	1	1
Others	4932	0.3	0	6044	0.3	0	0
Total	1745142	99.1	11	1748119	99.3	10	21
Invalid	16127	0.9		13150	0.7

Hamburg	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Social Democratic Party	558826	50.8	7	521509	47.4	0	7
Christian Democratic Union	445362	40.5	0	414055	37.6	5	5
The Greens	65947	6.0	0	90174	8.2	1	1
Free Democratic Party	23983	2.2	0	68926	6.3	0	0
Others	5396	0.5	0	6203	0.6	0	0
Total	1099514	99.4	7	1100867	99.5	6	13
Invalid	6330	0.6		4977	0.5

Bremen	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Social Democratic Party	239062	52.3	3	222935	48.7	0	3
Christian Democratic Union	169281	37.0	0	156603	34.2	2	2
The Greens	32422	7.1	0	44576	9.7	0	0
Free Democratic Party	12741	2.8	0	29876	6.5	0	0
Others	3542	0.8	0	3694	0.8	0	0
Total	457048	98.9	3	457684	99.0	2	5
Invalid	5074	1.1		4438	1.0

Niedersachsen	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	2384706	49.0	21	2223988	45.6	8	29
Social Democratic Party	2111536	43.4	10	2015731	41.3	16	26
Free Democratic Party	130937	2.7	0	338416	6.9	4	4
The Greens	220143	4.5	0	278597	5.7	4	4
Others	18856	0.4	0	18104	0.4	0	0
Total	4866178	99.1	31	4874836	99.3	32	63
Invalid	42883	0.9		34225	0.7

Nordrhein-Westfalen	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	5386165	48.3	39	5046812	45.2	26	65
Social Democratic Party	5017483	45.0	32	4782220	42.8	31	63
Free Democratic Party	273042	2.4	0	716412	6.4	10	10
The Greens	435916	3.9	0	581350	5.2	8	8
Others	42864	0.4	0	49543	0.4	0	0
Total	11155470	99.1	71	11176337	99.3	75	146
Invalid	98904	0.9		78037	0.7

Rheinland-Pfalz	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	1314677	52.8	11	1241886	49.6	5	16
Social Democratic Party	1008252	40.5	5	959714	38.4	7	12
Free Democratic Party	80594	3.2	0	174658	7.0	2	2
The Greens	74818	3.0	0	113185	4.5	1	1
Others	10085	0.4	0	12228	0.5	0	0
Total	2488426	97.7	16	2501671	98.2	15	31
Invalid	57840	2.3		44595	1.8

Saarland	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	357640	47.6	3	336999	44.8	1	4
Social Democratic Party	347702	46.3	2	329436	43.8	2	4
Free Democratic Party	18464	2.5	0	44934	6.0	0	0
The Greens	22893	3.0	0	35789	4.8	0	0
Others	4475	0.6	0	5030	0.7	0	0
Total	751174	98.6	5	752188	98.7	3	8
Invalid	10712	1.4		9697	1.3

Hessen	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Democratic Union	1752746	48.3	17	1614641	44.3	4	21
Social Democratic Party	1603317	44.1	5	1513449	41.6	15	20
Free Democratic Party	98054	2.7	0	275787	7.6	4	4
The Greens	160943	4.4	0	218898	6.0	3	3
Others	17347	0.5	0	18734	0.5	0	0
Total	3632407	98.9	22	3641509	99.1	26	48
Invalid	40665	1.1		31563	0.9

Baden-Wurttemberg	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Social Democratic Party	1929527	33.8	1	1777511	31.1	22	23
Christian Democratic Union	3263045	57.2	36	3010521	52.6	3	39
Free Democratic Party	200803	3.5	0	514382	9.0	7	7
The Greens	262217	4.6	0	389863	6.8	5	5
Others	52828	0.9	0	30308	0.5	0	0
Total	5708420	98.7	37	5722585	98.9	37	74
Invalid	77150	1.3		62985	1.1

Bayern	First votes			Second votes			Total
List	votes	%	seats	votes	%	seats	seats
Christian Social Union	4318800	62.2	44	4140865	59.5	9	53
Social Democratic Party	2096722	30.2	1	2014399	28.9	25	26
Free Democratic Party	212568	3.1	0	433652	6.2	6	6
The Greens	274522	4.0	0	323901	4.7	4	4
Others	38962	0.6	0	52074	0.7	0	0
Total	6941574	98.9	45	6964891	99.2	44	89
Invalid	78491	1.1		55174	0.8

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Last updated: 3 Oct 2005