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German federal election, 1965 - 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, 1965, was conducted on September 19, 1965, 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)
| 12,387,562
| 38.0%
| +2.2%
| 196
| +4
| 39.5%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,136,506
| 9.6%
| +0.1%
| 49
| -1
| 9.9%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 3,096,739
| 9.5%
| -3.3%
| 49
| -18
| 9.9%
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| Social Democratic Party
| 12,813,186
| 39.3%
| +3.1%
| 202
| +12
| 40.7%
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| All Others
| 1,186,449
| 3.6%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 32,620,442
| 100.0%
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| 496
| -3
| 100.0%
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Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black Post-election
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Ludwig Erhard as Chancellor. In 1966, the FDP left the coalition over budget issues, and Erhard resigned. Kurt Georg Kiesinger (also CDU) formed a new coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SDP which lasted until the next election.
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