1949 West German federal election

1949 West German federal election
West Germany
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(all-German)
14 August 1949 (1949-08-14) 1953 →

All 402 seats in the Bundestag[a]
202 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.49%
Party Leader % Seats
CDU/CSU Konrad Adenauer 31.01 139[b]
SPD Kurt Schumacher 29.22 131[c]
FDP Franz Blücher 11.92 52[d]
KPD Max Reimann 5.74 15
BP Joseph Baumgartner 4.16 17
DP Heinrich Hellwege 3.96 17
Centre Helene Wessel 3.07 10
WAV Alfred Loritz 2.87 12
DRP Hermann Klingspor 1.81 5
SSW Hermann Clausen 0.32 1
Independents 4.81 3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Winning by constituencies (right) and seats won by parties in each states (left). The pie chart over West Berlin shows the composition of its legislature.
Government after
First Adenauer cabinet
CDU/CSUFDPDP

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 14 August 1949 to elect the members of the first Bundestag,[1] with a further eight seats elected in West Berlin between 1949 and January 1952 and another eleven between February 1952 and 1953.[1] They were the first free federal elections in West Germany since 1933 and the first after the division of the country.


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  1. ^ a b Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos. p. 762. ISBN 978-3832956097.

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