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| September 6, 1953 Bundestag Election Results - Federal Republic of Germany Totals | |||||||
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| Registered Electors | 33,120,940 | ||||||
| Voters | 28,479,550 | 86.0% | |||||
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Second Vote (Zweitstimme) |
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| Blank or Invalid Ballots | 959,790 | 3.4% | 928,278 | 3.3% | |||
| Valid Votes | 27,519,760 | 96.6% | 27,551,272 | 96.7% | |||
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| Party | First Votes |
% | Direct Seats |
Second Votes |
% | List Seats |
Total Seats |
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| Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union | 12,027,945 | 43.7 | 172 | 12,443,981 | 45.2 | 71 | 243 |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 9,577,659 | 34.8 | 130 | 10,016,594 | 36.4 | 61 | 191 |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 2,450,286 | 8.9 | 42 | 2,427,387 | 8.8 | 10 | 52 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | 8,131,257 | 29.5 | 45 | 7,944,943 | 28.8 | 106 | 151 |
| Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.) | 2,967,566 | 10.8 | 14 | 2,629,163 | 9.5 | 34 | 48 |
| All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Disenfranchised (GB/BHE) | 1,613,215 | 5.9 | 0 | 1,616,953 | 5.9 | 27 | 27 |
| German Party (DP) | 1,073,031 | 3.9 | 10 | 896,128 | 3.3 | 5 | 15 |
| German Center Party (Zentrum) | 55,835 | 0.2 | 1 | 217,078 | 0.8 | 2 | 3 |
| Communist Party of Germany (KPD) | 611,317 | 2.2 | 0 | 607,860 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bavarian Party (BP) | 399,070 | 1.5 | 0 | 465,641 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| German Reich Party (DRP) | 204,725 | 0.7 | 0 | 295,739 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Schleswig Voters' League (SSW) | 44,339 | 0.2 | 0 | 44,585 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 391,460 | 1.4 | 0 | 389,201 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
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