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September 6, 1953 Bundestag Election Results - Federal Republic of Germany Totals

 Registered Electors    33,120,940     
 Voters    28,479,550  86.0%   

 
  First Vote
(Erststimme)
  Second Vote
(Zweitstimme)

 Blank or Invalid Ballots    959,790  3.4%      928,278  3.3%    
 Valid Votes    27,519,760  96.6%      27,551,272  96.7%    

 

Party First
Votes
 % Direct
 Seats 
Second
Votes
 % List
 Seats 
Total
 Seats 

 Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union    12,027,945  43.7  172    12,443,981  45.2  71  243 
   Christian Democratic Union (CDU)    9,577,659  34.8  130    10,016,594  36.4  61  191 
   Christian Social Union (CSU)    2,450,286  8.9  42    2,427,387  8.8  10  52 
 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)    8,131,257  29.5  45    7,944,943  28.8  106  151 
 Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.)    2,967,566  10.8  14    2,629,163  9.5  34  48 
 All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Disenfranchised (GB/BHE)    1,613,215  5.9    1,616,953  5.9  27  27 
 German Party (DP)    1,073,031  3.9  10    896,128  3.3  15 
 German Center Party (Zentrum)    55,835  0.2    217,078  0.8 
 Communist Party of Germany (KPD)    611,317  2.2    607,860  2.2 
 Bavarian Party (BP)    399,070  1.5    465,641  1.7 
 German Reich Party (DRP)    204,725  0.7    295,739  1.1 
 South Schleswig Voters' League (SSW)    44,339  0.2    44,585  0.2 
 Others    391,460  1.4    389,201  1.4