1953 German Federal Election
6 September 1953 · The Bonn Republic · 487 seats, 244 for a majority
The CDU/CSU formed a center-right coalition government with the FDP, DP and GB/BHE, leaving the SPD as the main opposition. In comparison to the 1949 election where ten parties won seats, only six parties won seats in the 1953 election, thus entailing a consolidation of the party system.
Chancellor before
Konrad Adenauer
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Konrad Adenauer
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
243 of 487 seats
Turnout
86.0%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Konrad Adenauer | 243 | +104 | 12.443.981 | 45.2% | +14.2 | |
| SPD | Erich Ollenhauer | 151 | +20 | 7.944.943 | 28.8% | -0.4 | |
| FDP | Franz Blücher | 48 | -4 | 2.629.163 | 9.5% | -2.4 | |
| GB/BHE | Waldemar Kraft | 27 | — | 1.616.953 | 5.9% | — | |
| DP | Heinrich Hellwege | 15 | -2 | 896.128 | 3.3% | -0.7 | |
| Centre | Johannes Brockmann | 3 | -7 | 217.078 | 0.8% | -2.3 |