2017 German Federal Election
24 September 2017 · The Berlin Republic · 709 seats, 355 for a majority
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU), led by incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, won the highest percentage of the vote with 33%, though it suffered a large swing against it of more than 8%.
Chancellor before
Angela Merkel
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Angela Merkel
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
246 of 709 seats
Turnout
76.2%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Angela Merkel | 246 | -65 | 15.317.344 | 32.9% | -8.6 | |
| SPD | Martin Schulz | 153 | -40 | 9.539.381 | 20.5% | -5.2 | |
| AfD | Alexander Gauland | 94 | +94 | 5.878.115 | 12.6% | +7.9 | |
| FDP | Christian Lindner | 80 | +80 | 4.999.449 | 10.7% | +5.9 | |
| Left | Dietmar Bartsch & | 69 | +5 | 4.297.270 | 9.2% | +0.6 | |
| Greens | — | 67 | +4 | 4.158.400 | 8.9% | +0.5 |