Election to the 7th German Bundestag
on 19 November 1972
Specification | First votes | Second votes | Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Persons entitled to vote | 41,446,302 | X | 41,446,302 | X | X |
Voters, voter turnout | 37,761,589 | 91.1 | 37,761,589 | 91.1 | X |
Invalid | 457,810 | 1.2 | 301,839 | 0.8 | X |
Valid | 37,303,779 | 98.8 | 37,459,750 | 99.2 | X |
SPD | 18,228,239 | 48.9 | 17,175,169 | 45.8 | 242 |
CDU | 13,304,813 | 35.7 | 13,190,837 | 35.2 | 186 |
CSU | 3,620,625 | 9.7 | 3,615,183 | 9.7 | 48 |
F.D.P. | 1,790,513 | 4.8 | 3,129,982 | 8.4 | 42 |
Others | 359,589 | 1.0 | 348,579 | 0.9 | – |
DKP | 146,258 | 0.4 | 113,891 | 0.3 | – |
EFP | 7,581 | 0.0 | 24,057 | 0.1 | – |
FSU | 1,864 | 0.0 | 3,166 | 0.0 | – |
NPD | 194,389 | 0.5 | 207,465 | 0.6 | – |
Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates | 9,497 | 0.0 | – | – | – |