Election to the 3rd German Bundestag
on 15 September 1957
Federal result
| Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Persons entitled to vote |
35,400,923 |
X |
35,400,923 |
X |
X |
| Voters, voter turnout |
31,072,894 |
87.8 |
31,072,894 |
87.8 |
X |
| Invalid |
916,680 |
3.0 |
1,167,466 |
3.8 |
X |
| Valid |
30,156,214 |
97.0 |
29,905,428 |
96.2 |
X |
| CDU |
11,975,400 |
39.7 |
11,875,339 |
39.7 |
222 |
| SPD |
9,651,669 |
32.0 |
9,495,571 |
31.8 |
181 |
| CSU |
3,186,150 |
10.6 |
3,133,060 |
10.5 |
55 |
| F.D.P. |
2,276,234 |
7.5 |
2,307,135 |
7.7 |
44 |
| Others |
3,066,761 |
10.2 |
3,094,323 |
10.3 |
17 |
| BdD |
37,329 |
0.1 |
58,725 |
0.2 |
– |
| DG |
16,410 |
0.1 |
17,490 |
0.1 |
– |
| DP |
1,062,293 |
3.5 |
1,007,282 |
3.4 |
17 |
| DRP |
290,622 |
1.0 |
308,564 |
1.0 |
– |
| FU |
295,533 |
1.0 |
254,322 |
0.9 |
– |
| GB/BHE |
1,324,636 |
4.4 |
1,374,066 |
4.6 |
– |
| SSW |
33,463 |
0.1 |
32,262 |
0.1 |
– |
| Mittelstand |
3,024 |
0.0 |
36,592 |
0.1 |
– |
| VU |
2,250 |
0.0 |
5,020 |
0.0 |
– |
| PdgD |
356 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |
| Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
845 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |