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Summary of the 6 September 1953 German Bundestag election results
Parties
Constituency
Party list
Total seats
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Seats†
+/−
%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
9,577,659
34.8
+9.6
130
+39
10,016,594
36.4
+11.2
61
+37
197
+77
38.7
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
8,131,257
29.5
+0.3
45
−51
7,944,943
28.8
−0.4
106
+71
162
+22
31.8
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
2,967,566
10.8
−1.1
14
+2
2,629,163
9.5
−2.4
34
−6
53
−4
10.4
Christian Social Union (CSU)
2,450,286
8.9
+3.1
42
+18
2,427,387
8.8
+3.0
10
+10
52
+28
10.2
All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)
1,613,215
5.9
+5.9
0
±0
1,616,953
5.9
+5.9
27
+27
27
+27
5.3
German Party (DP)
1,073,031
3.9
–0.1
10
+5
896,128
3.3
−0.7
5
−7
15
-2
2.9
Centre Party (Zentrum)
55,835
0.2
-2.9
1
+1
217,078
0.8
-2.3
2
−8
3
−7
0.6
Communist Party (KPD)
611,317
2.2
−3.5
0
±0
607,860
2.2
−3.5
0
−15
0
−15
0
Bavaria Party (BP)
399,070
1.5
−2.7
0
−11
465,641
1.7
−2.5
0
−6
0
−17
0
All-German People's Party (GVP)
286,465
1.0
+1.0
0
±0
318,475
1.2
+1.2
0
±0
0
±0
0
German Reich Party (DRP)‡ 204,725
0.7
−1.1
0
±0
295,739
1.1
−0.7
0
−5
0
−5
0
Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung (DNS)
78,356
0.3
+0.3
0
±0
70,726
0.3
+0.3
0
±0
0
±0
0
South Schleswig Voter Federation (SSW)
44,339
0.2
−0.1
0
±0
44,585
0.2
−0.1
0
−1
0
−1
0
Schleswig-Holsteinische Bauern- und Landarbeiterdemokratie (SHBLD)
6,269
0.0
+0.0
0
±0
–
–
–
–
–
0
±0
0
Patriotic Union
2,531
0.0
+0.0
0
±0
–
–
–
–
–
0
±0
0
Party of the Good Germans
654
0.0
+0.0
0
±0
–
–
–
–
–
0
±0
0
Electoral groups and independents
17,185
0.1
−4.7
0
−3
–
–
–
–
–
0
−3
0
Invalid/blank votes
959,790
—
—
—
—
928,278
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
28,479,550
100
±0.0
242
±0
28,479,550
100
±0.0
245
+85
509
+88
±0
Registered voters/turnout
33,120,940
86.0
—
—
—
33,120,940
86.0
—
—
—
—
—
—
Source: Federal Returning Officer
^† non-voting delegates for West Berlin (11 SPD, 6 CDU, 5 FDP).^‡ German Right Party .
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