Results of the 2009 German federal election information
2009 German federal election
← 2005
27 September 2009
2013 →
All 622 seats in the Bundestag 312 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
70.8% 6.9pp
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
CDU/CSU
Angela Merkel
33.8%
239
+13
SPD
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
23.0%
146
−76
FDP
Guido Westerwelle
14.6%
93
+32
Left
G. Gysi/O. Lafontaine
11.9%
76
+22
Greens
J. Trittin/R. Künast
10.7%
68
+17
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results for the single-member constituencies
Chancellor before
Chancellor after
Angela Merkel CDU/CSU
Angela Merkel CDU/CSU
Main article: 2009 German federal election
This is a breakdown of the results of the 2009 German federal election. The following tables display detailed results in each of the sixteen states and all 299 single-member constituencies.
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