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 | 79.92% |
| Beate Klarsfeld | Independent | 126 | 10.16% |
| Olaf Rose | Independent | 3 | 0.24% |