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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Election for the 2nd German Federal Diet<ref name='btw1953'/>
| country = Germany
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular <!-- default -->
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = West German federal election, 1949
| previous_year = 1949
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| election_date = {{Start date|1953|09|06}}<ref name='btw1953'> {{cite web | url = http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/fruehere_bundestagswahlen/btw1953.html | title = Wahl zum 2. Deutschen Bundestag am 6. September 1953 | accessdate = 2012-05-05 | publisher = [[Bundeswahlleiter]] | language = German}}</ref>
| elected_mps =
| next_election = West German federal election, 1957
| next_year = 1957
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 509 seats in the [[Bundestag]]
| majority_seats = 255
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 86%
<!-- CDU/CSU -->
| image1 = [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078072-0004, Konrad Adenauer.jpg|150x150px]]
| colour1 =
| leader1 = [[Konrad Adenauer]]
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| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 141
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| seats1 = 249
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| seat_change1 = {{increase}}108
| popular_vote1 = 12,443,981
| percentage1 = 45.2%
| swing1 = {{increase}}14.2%
<!-- SPD -->
| image2 = [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-21272-0001, Erich Ollenhauer.jpg|150x150px]]
| colour2 =
| leader2 = [[Erich Ollenhauer]]
| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany
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| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = 136
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| seats2 = 162
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| seat_change2 = {{increase}}26
| popular_vote2 = 7,944,943
| percentage2 = 28.8
| swing2 = {{decrease}}0.4%
<!-- FDP -->
| image3 =
| colour3 =
| leader3 = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
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| seats_before3 = 53
| seats_needed3 =
| seats3 = 53
| seats_after3 =
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}0
| popular_vote3 = 2,629,163
| percentage3 = 9.5%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}2.4%
<!-- GB/BHE -->
| image4 =
| colour4 =
| leader4 = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party4 = All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights
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| seats_before4 = 0
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| seats4 = 27
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| seat_change4 = {{increase}}27
| popular_vote4 = 1,616,953
| percentage4 = 5.9%
| swing4 = {{increase}}5.9%
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| image5 =
| colour5 =
| leader5 = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party5 = German Party (1947)
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| seats5 = 15
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| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote5 = 896,128
| percentage5 = 3.3
| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.7%
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| image6 =
| colour6 =
| leader6 = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
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| seat_change6 = {{decrease}}7
| popular_vote6 = 217,078
| percentage6 = 0.8%
| swing6 = {{decrease}}2,3%
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| map_image =
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| map_caption =
<!-- bottom -->
| title = [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]]
| posttitle = Resulting Chancellor
| before_election = [[Konrad Adenauer]]
| before_party = CDU/CSU
| after_election = [[Konrad Adenauer]]
| after_party = CDU/CSU
}}
{{Politics of Germany}}
{{Politics of Germany}}


Revision as of 08:29, 5 May 2012

Election for the 2nd German Federal Diet[1]
← 1949 September 6, 1953 (1953-09-06)[1] 1957 →
All 509 seats in the Bundestag
255 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konrad Adenauer Erich Ollenhauer
Party CDU/CSU SPD FDP
Seats before 141 136 53
Seats won 249 162 53
Seat change Increase108 Increase26 Steady0
Popular vote 12,443,981 7,944,943 2,629,163
Percentage 45.2% 28.8 9.5%
Swing Increase14.2% Decrease0.4% Decrease2.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party GB/BHE DP Centre
Seats before 0 17 10
Seats won 27 15 3
Seat change Increase27 Decrease2 Decrease7
Popular vote 1,616,953 896,128 217,078
Percentage 5.9% 3.3 0.8%
Swing Increase5.9% Decrease0.7% Decrease2,3%
Chancellor before election

Konrad Adenauer
CDU/CSU

Resulting Chancellor

Konrad Adenauer
CDU/CSU

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Political ideologies

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 6 September 1953. The Christian Democratic Union emerged as the largest party.

Campaign

Federal Chancellor Adenauer (who was also the Christian Democratic leader) campaigned on his policies of economic reconstruction and growth, moderate conservatism or Christian democracy, and close relations with the United States. The new Social Democratic leader - Kurt Schumacher had died in 1952 - was Erich Ollenhauer, who was more moderate in his policies than Schumacher had been. He did not oppose, in principle, the United States' military presence in Western Europe. In fact, he later - in 1957 - supported a military alliance of most European countries, including Germany.[2][3] Adenauer managed to convince clearly more West German voters of his leadership abilities and economic and political success to easily win a second term, although he had to form a coalition government with the Free Democrats to gain a majority in the Bundestag.

Results

Party Constituency PR Seats +/–
Votes % Votes %
Christian Democratic Union 9,577,659 34.8 10,016,594 36.4 197 +75
Social Democratic Party 8,131,257 29.5 7,944,943 28.8 162 +17
Free Democratic Party 2,967,566 10.8 2,629,163 9.5 53 –5
Christian Social Union 2,450,286 8.9 2,427,387 8.8 52 +28
All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights 1,613,215 5.9 1,616,953 5.9 27 New
German Party 1,073,031 3.9 896,128 3.3 15 –2
Communist Party 611,317 2.2 607,860 2.2 0 –15
Bavaria Party 399,070 1.5 465,641 1.7 0 –17
All-German People's Party 286,465 1.0 318,475 1.2 0 New
Deutsche Rechtspartei 204,725 0.7 295,739 1.1 0 –5
Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung 78,356 0.3 70,726 0.3 0 New
Centre Party 55,835 0.2 217,078 0.8 3 –7
South Schleswig Voter Federation 44,339 0.2 44,585 0.2 0 –1
Schleswig-Holsteinische Bauern- und Landarbeiterdemokratie 6,269 0.0 – – 0 New
Patriotic Union 2,531 0.0 – – 0 New
Party of the Good Germans 654 0.0 – – 0 New
Electoral groups and independents 17,185 0.1 – – 0 –3
Invalid/blank votes 959,790 – 928,278 – – –
Total 28,479,550 100 28,479,550 100 509 +80
Registered voters/turnout 33,120,940 86.0 33,120,940 86.0 – –
Source: Federal Returning Officer

Aftermath

Konrad Adenauer remained Chancellor, governing in a broad coalition (two-thirds majority) with most of the minor parties except for the SPD.

References

  1. ^ a b "Wahl zum 2. Deutschen Bundestag am 6. September 1953" (in German). Bundeswahlleiter. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ Erling Bjöl, Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West, "A Giant Dwarf: West Germany," Helsinki: WSOY, 1985
  3. ^ Dennis L. Bark and David R. Gress, A History of West Germany: Volume 1: 1945-1963: From Shadow to Substance, London, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1989
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