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Federal President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) · Federal Chancellor: Olaf Scholz (SPD) · Governing parties: SPD, GRÜNE, FDP
Legislative elections: Bundestag, 4-year term, 5% threshold, 598 seats (+ overhang/adjustment seats), MMP (299 PR + 299 FPTP):

    2021 2017 2013 2009
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)  
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social democracy 25,7 206 20,5 153 25,7 193 23,0 146
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU)  
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
19,0 152 26,8 200 34,1 255 27,3 194
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (GRÜNE)
Alliance 90/The Greens
Green politics 14,7 118 8,9 67 8,4 63 10,7 68
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)  
Free Democratic Party
Liberalism 11,4 91 10,7 80 4,8 - 14,6 93
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)  
Alternative for Germany
National conservatism 10,4 83 12,6 94 4,7 - - -
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
5,2 45 6,2 46 7,4 56 6,5 45
Die Linke (DIE LINKE)  
The Left
Democratic socialism 4,9 39 9,2 69 8,6 64 11,9 76
Freie Wähler (FW)  
Free Voters
Local politics
Regionalism
Centrism
2,4 - 1,0 - 1,0 - - -
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband (SSW)
South Schleswig Voters' Association
Minority interests (DEN/FRI) 0,1 1 - - - - - -
Others 6,2 - 4,0 - 5,3 - 6,0 -
Total - 735 - 709 - 631 - 622
Turnout 76,4 76,2 71,5 70,5

© 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundeswahlleiter (www.bundeswahlleiter.de).  For full coverage, click here (1949-present).