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German federal election, 1961 - 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, 1961, was conducted on September 17, 1961, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
Issues and Campaign
Results
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 11,283,901
| 35.8%
| -3.9%
| 192
| -23
| 38.5%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,014,471
| 9.5%
| -1.0%
| 50
| -5
| 10.0%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 4,028,766
| 12.8%
| +5.1%
| 67
| +26
| 13.4%
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| Social Democratic Party
| 11,427,355
| 36.2%
| +4.5%
| 190
| +21
| 38.1%
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| All Others
| 1,796,408
| 5.7%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 31,550,901
| 100.0%
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| 499
| +2
| 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, building a coalition between the CDU/CSU-FDP. In 1963 he resigned in a scandal after ordering the arrest of five journalists for publishing a memo detailing alleged weaknesses in the German armed forces. Ludwig Erhard took over his position as head of the coalition and government.
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