2013 German Federal Election
22 September 2013 · The Berlin Republic · 631 seats, 316 for a majority
A federal election was held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter.
Chancellor before
Angela Merkel
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Angela Merkel
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
311 of 631 seats
Turnout
71.5%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Angela Merkel | 311 | +72 | 18.165.446 | 41.5% | +7.7 | |
| SPD | Peer Steinbrück | 193 | +47 | 11.252.215 | 25.7% | +2.7 | |
| Left | Gregor Gysi | 64 | -12 | 3.755.699 | 8.6% | -3.3 | |
| Greens | Jürgen Trittin & Katrin Göring-Eckardt | 63 | -5 | 3.694.057 | 8.4% | -2.3 | |
| FDP | Rainer Brüderle | 0 | -93 | 2.083.533 | 4.8% | -9.8 |