Election to the 7th German Bundestag
on 19 November 1972
Federal result
Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Persons entitled to vote |
41,446,302 |
X |
41,446,302 |
X |
X |
Voters, voter turnout |
37,761,589 |
91.1 |
37,761,589 |
91.1 |
X |
Invalid |
457,810 |
1.2 |
301,839 |
0.8 |
X |
Valid |
37,303,779 |
98.8 |
37,459,750 |
99.2 |
X |
SPD |
18,228,239 |
48.9 |
17,175,169 |
45.8 |
242 |
CDU |
13,304,813 |
35.7 |
13,190,837 |
35.2 |
186 |
CSU |
3,620,625 |
9.7 |
3,615,183 |
9.7 |
48 |
F.D.P. |
1,790,513 |
4.8 |
3,129,982 |
8.4 |
42 |
Others |
359,589 |
1.0 |
348,579 |
0.9 |
– |
DKP |
146,258 |
0.4 |
113,891 |
0.3 |
– |
EFP |
7,581 |
0.0 |
24,057 |
0.1 |
– |
FSU |
1,864 |
0.0 |
3,166 |
0.0 |
– |
NPD |
194,389 |
0.5 |
207,465 |
0.6 |
– |
Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
9,497 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |