2017 German Presidential Election
12 February 2017 · The Berlin republic
Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected on the first ballot with 931 electoral votes of 1,259. The Convention's largest delegations were CDU/CSU with 539 and SPD with 384.
President before
Joachim Gauck
Independent
Elected President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
SPD
Winning share
73.9%
Turnout
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The result
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Social Democratic Party · 931 votes
73.89%
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Christoph Butterwegge
Independent · 128 votes
10.16%
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Albrecht Glaser
Alternative for Germany · 42 votes
3.33%
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Alexander Hold
Free Voters · 25 votes
1.98%
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Engelbert Sonneborn
Independent · 10 votes
0.79%
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