Election to the 2nd German Bundestag
on 6 September 1953
Specification | First votes | Second votes | Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Persons entitled to vote | 33,120,940 | X | 33,120,940 | X | X |
Voters, voter turnout | 28,479,550 | 86.0 | 28,479,550 | 86.0 | X |
Invalid | 959,790 | 3.4 | 928,278 | 3.3 | X |
Valid | 27,519,760 | 96.6 | 27,551,272 | 96.7 | X |
CDU | 9,577,659 | 34.8 | 10,016,594 | 36.4 | 197 |
SPD | 8,131,257 | 29.5 | 7,944,943 | 28.8 | 162 |
F.D.P. | 2,967,566 | 10.8 | 2,629,163 | 9.5 | 53 |
CSU | 2,450,286 | 8.9 | 2,427,387 | 8.8 | 52 |
GB/BHE | 1,613,215 | 5.9 | 1,616,953 | 5.9 | 27 |
Others | 2,779,777 | 10.1 | 2,916,232 | 10.6 | 18 |
BP | 399,070 | 1.5 | 465,641 | 1.7 | – |
DP | 1,073,031 | 3.9 | 896,128 | 3.3 | 15 |
DRP | 204,725 | 0.7 | 295,739 | 1.1 | – |
Zentrum | 55,835 | 0.2 | 217,078 | 0.8 | 3 |
GVP | 286,465 | 1.0 | 318,475 | 1.2 | – |
KPD | 611,317 | 2.2 | 607,860 | 2.2 | – |
DNS | 78,356 | 0.3 | 70,726 | 0.3 | – |
SSW | 44,339 | 0.2 | 44,585 | 0.2 | – |
PdgD | 654 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
SHLP | 6,269 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
VU | 2,531 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates | 17,185 | 0.1 | – | – | – |