Election to the 4th German Bundestag
on 17 September 1961
Specification | First votes | Second votes | Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Persons entitled to vote | 37,440,715 | X | 37,440,715 | X | X |
Voters, voter turnout | 32,849,624 | 87.7 | 32,849,624 | 87.7 | X |
Invalid | 845,158 | 2.6 | 1,298,723 | 4.0 | X |
Valid | 32,004,466 | 97.4 | 31,550,901 | 96.0 | X |
SPD | 11,672,057 | 36.5 | 11,427,355 | 36.2 | 203 |
CDU | 11,622,995 | 36.3 | 11,283,901 | 35.8 | 201 |
F.D.P. | 3,866,269 | 12.1 | 4,028,766 | 12.8 | 67 |
CSU | 3,104,742 | 9.7 | 3,014,471 | 9.6 | 50 |
Others | 1,738,403 | 5.4 | 1,796,408 | 5.7 | – |
DFU | 587,488 | 1.8 | 609,918 | 1.9 | – |
DG | 21,083 | 0.1 | 27,308 | 0.1 | – |
DRP | 242,649 | 0.8 | 262,977 | 0.8 | – |
GDP (DP-BHE) | 859,290 | 2.7 | 870,756 | 2.8 | – |
SSW | 24,951 | 0.1 | 25,449 | 0.1 | – |
WGnD | 778 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates | 2,164 | 0.0 | – | – | – |