| Summary of the 18 September 2005 German Federal Diet (Bundestag) election resultsedit
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| Parties
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Constituency
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Party list
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Total seats
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| Votes
|
%
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+/−
|
Seats
|
+/−
|
Votes
|
%
|
+/−
|
Seats
|
+/−
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Total
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+/−
|
%
|
|
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Christian Democratic Union (Christlich-Demokratische Union)
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15,390,950
|
32.6
|
+0.6
|
106
|
+24
|
13,136,740
|
27.8
|
-1.7
|
74
|
-34
|
180
|
-10
|
29.3
|
|
|
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern)
|
3,889,990
|
8.2
|
-0.8
|
44
|
+1
|
3,494,309
|
7.4
|
-1.6
|
2
|
-13
|
46
|
-12
|
7.5
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| CDU/CSU
|
19,280,940
|
40.8
|
-0.2
|
150
|
+25
|
16,631,049
|
35.2
|
-3.3
|
76
|
-47
|
226
|
-22
|
36.8
|
|
|
Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands)
|
18,129,100
|
38.4
|
-3.5
|
145
|
-26
|
16,194,665
|
34.2
|
-4.3
|
77
|
-3
|
222
|
-29
|
36.2
|
|
|
Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei)
|
2,208,531
|
4.7
|
+1.1
|
0
|
0
|
4,648,144
|
9.8
|
+2.5
|
61
|
+14
|
61
|
+14
|
9.9
|
|
|
The Left Party (Die Linkspartei)
|
3,764,168
|
8.0
|
+3.6
|
3
|
+1
|
4,118,194
|
8.7
|
+4.7
|
51
|
+51
|
54
|
+52
|
8.8
|
|
|
Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen)
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2,538,913
|
5.4
|
-0.2
|
1
|
0
|
3,838,326
|
8.1
|
-0.5
|
50
|
-4
|
51
|
-4
|
8.3
|
|
|
Other
|
1,272,410
|
2.7
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
1,857,610
|
4.0
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
–
|
|
|
Totals
|
47,194,062
|
100
|
–
|
299
|
–
|
47,287,988
|
100
|
–
|
315
|
+11
|
614
|
+11
|
100
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