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Legislative elections: Deutscher Bundestag, 4-year term, 5% threshold (or 3 direct mandates), MMP electoral system (299 PR + 299 FPTP + overhang seats):
           · Federal President: Joachim Gauck · Federal Chancellor: Angela Merkel (CDU) · Government: CDU, CSU, FDP

Party 2013 Seats 2009 Seats
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU)
Christian Democratic Union of Germany		 Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism
 		 1945
EPP
CDI, IDU		     27,3% 194
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		Social democracy
Third Way
 		 1875
PES
SI		     23,0% 146
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)
Free Democratic Party 		Liberalism
 
 		 1948
ALDE
LI		     14,6% 93
Die Linke (LINKE)
The Left 		Democratic socialism
 
 		 2007
EL
 		     11,9% 76
Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (GRÜNE)
Alliance 90 / The Greens		 Green politics
 
 		 1980
EGP
GG		     10,7% 68
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Christian-Social Union in Bavaria		 Regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism		 1946
EPP
IDU		     6,5% 45
Others     6,0% -
Total     - 622
Turnout   70,8%

 © 2013 Wolfram Nordsieck. Note: CDU/CSU generally form a common faction in the Bundestag. Source: Bundeswahlleiter (http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de).

Archive: Officeholders · Elections (1949-2009).