Table 1. Results of Bundestag elections 1953–2021
| Year |
Leading party |
Seated parties |
Loosemore–Hanby index |
Overhang seats |
| party |
votes |
seats |
number |
share of votes |
|
total |
for one party |
| 1953 |
CDU/CSU |
45.2% |
48.9% |
5 |
92.7% |
7.2% |
3 |
2 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1957 |
CDU/CSU |
50.2% |
53.4% |
4 |
93.0% |
7.0% |
3 |
3 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1961 |
CDU/CSU |
45.4% |
48.2% |
3 |
94.3% |
5.7% |
5 |
5 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1965 |
CDU/CSU |
47.6% |
48.5% |
3 |
96.4% |
3.6% |
0 |
|
| 1969 |
CDU/CSU |
46.1% |
48.3% |
3 |
94.5% |
5.5% |
0 |
|
| 1972 |
SPD |
45.8% |
46.7% |
3 |
99.1% |
1.0% |
0 |
|
| 1976 |
CDU/CSU |
48.6% |
49.0% |
3 |
99.1% |
0.9% |
0 |
|
| 1980 |
CDU/CSU |
44.5% |
45.7% |
3 |
98.0% |
2.0% |
1 |
1 (SPD) |
| 1983 |
CDU/CSU |
48.8% |
49.0% |
4 |
99.5% |
0.8% |
2 |
2 (SPD) |
| 1987 |
CDU/CSU |
44.3% |
45.1% |
4 |
98.6% |
1.4% |
1 |
1 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1990 |
CDU/CSU |
43.8% |
48.2% |
5 |
92.0% |
8.1% |
6 |
6 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1994 |
CDU/CSU |
41.5% |
43.8% |
5 |
96.4% |
3.6% |
16 |
12 (CDU/CSU) |
| 1998 |
SPD |
40.9% |
44.5% |
5 |
94.1% |
5.9% |
13 |
13 (SPD) |
| 2002 |
SPD |
38.5% |
41.6% |
4 |
93.0% |
6.7% |
5 |
4 (SPD) |
| 2005 |
CDU/CSU |
35.2% |
36.8% |
5 |
96.1% |
3.9% |
16 |
9 (SPD) |
| 2009 |
CDU/CSU |
33.8% |
38.4% |
5 |
94.0% |
6.0% |
24 |
24 (CDU/CSU) |
| 2013 |
CDU/CSU |
41.5% |
49.4% |
4 |
84.3% |
15.7% |
4+28 |
16 (CDU/CSU) |
| 2017 |
CDU/CSU |
32.9% |
34.7% |
6 |
95.0% |
5.0% |
46+65 |
43 (CDU/CSU) |
| 2021 |
SPD |
25.7% |
28.0% |
6 |
91.3% |
8.6% |
138 |
41 (CDU/CSU) |