1949 German Federal Election
Founding Bundestag election14 August 1949 · The Bonn Republic · 402 seats, 202 for a majority
A federal election was held in West Germany on 14 August 1949 to elect the members of the first Bundestag, with a further eight seats elected in West Berlin between 1949 and January 1952 and another eleven between February 1952 and 1953. They were the first free federal elections in West Germany since 1933 and the first after the division of the country.
Chancellor before
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Chancellor (continued)
Konrad Adenauer
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
139 of 402 seats
Turnout
78.5%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Konrad Adenauer | 139 | — | 7.359.084 | 31.0% | — | |
| SPD | Kurt Schumacher | 131 | — | 6.934.975 | 29.2% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 96 | +35 | 6.934.975 | 29.2% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Union | — | 91 | +24 | 5.978.636 | 25.2% | — | |
| Christian Social Union | — | 24 | 0 | 1.380.448 | 5.8% | — | |
| DP | Heinrich Hellwege | 17 | — | 939.934 | 4.0% | — | |
| KPD | Max Reimann | 15 | — | 1.361.706 | 5.7% | — | |
| Free Democratic Party | Franz Blücher | 12 | +40 | 2.829.920 | 11.9% | — | |
| Bavaria Party | Joseph Baumgartner | 11 | +6 | 986.478 | 4.2% | — | |
| German Party | — | 5 | +12 | 939.934 | 4.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 3 | 0 | 1.141.647 | 4.8% | — |