2012 German Presidential Election
18 March 2012 · The Berlin republic
Joachim Gauck was elected on the first ballot with 991 electoral votes of 1,240. The Convention's largest delegations were CDU/CSU with 486 and SPD with 331.
President before
Horst Seehofer (acting)
CSU
Elected President
Joachim Gauck
Independent
Winning share
79.9%
Turnout
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The result
Joachim Gauck
Independent · 991 votes
79.92%
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Beate Klarsfeld
Independent · 126 votes
10.16%
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Olaf Rose
Independent · 3 votes
0.24%
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