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German federal election, 1953 - Definition and Overview |
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The German federal election, 1953, was conducted on September 6, 1953, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
Issues and Campaign
Results
A number of members (6 CDU, 11 SPD, 5 FDP) indirectly elected by the Berlin legislature are not included in the totals below. It is also noted that Saarland did not participate in this election
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 10,016,594
| 36.4%
| +11.2%
| 191
| +76
| 39.1%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 2,427,387
| 8.8%
| +3.0%
| 52
| +28
| 10.7%
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| German Party (DP)
| 1,073,031
| 3.3%
| -0.7%
| 15
| -2
| 3.1%
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| German Center Party (DZP)
| 217,078
| 0.8%
| -2.3%
| 3
| -7
| 0.6%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 2,629,163
| 9.5%
| -2.4%
| 48
| -4
| 9.9%
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| Gesamtdeutsche Block/BHE (GB-BHE)
| 1,613,215
| 5.9%
| +5.9%
| 27
| +27
| 5.5%
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| Communist Party
| 611,317
| 2.2%
| -3.5%
| 0
| -15
| 0.0%
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| Social Democratic Party
| 7,944,943
| 28.8%
| -0.4%
| 151
| +20
| 31.0%
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| All Others
| 1,018,544
| 4.3%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 27,551,272
| 100.0%
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| 487
| +85
| 100.0%
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Post-election
Konrad Adenauer remained Chancellor, governing in a broad coalition (2/3 majority) with most of the minor parties except for the SDP.
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