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German federal election, 1957 - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alternative, Alternativity, Anointing, Anointment, Assignment, Assumption, Authorization, Calling, Canonization, Caucus, Choice, Consecration, Coronation, Decision, Delegation |
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The German federal election, 1957, was conducted on September 15, 1957, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
Issues and Campaign
Results
A number of members (7 CDU, 12 SPD, 2 FDP, 1 other) indirectly elected by the Berlin legislature are not included in the totals below.
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 11,875,339
| 39.7%
| +3.3%
| 215
| +24
| 43.2%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,133,060
| 10.5%
| +1.7%
| 55
| +3
| 11.1%
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| German Party (DP)
| 1,062,293
| 3.4%
| +0.1%
| 17
| +2
| 3.4%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 2,307,135
| 7.7%
| -1.8%
| 41
| -7
| 8.2%
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| Social Democratic Party
| 9,495,571
| 31.7%
| +2.9%
| 169
| +18
| 34.0%
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| All Others
| 2,032,030
| 7.0%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 29,905,428
| 100.0%
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| 497
| +10
| 100.0%
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Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black, others (moderate right) in gray Post-election
Konrad Adenauer remained Chancellor, governing in coalition with the smaller German Party.
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