1954 West German presidential election

None March 2025 1954 West German presidential election West Germany presidential no 1949 West German presidential election 1949 1959 West German presidential election 1959 17 July 1954 150x150px Theodor Heuss Free Democratic Party (Germany) 871 150x150px Alfred Weber Communist Party of Germany 12 President Theodor Heuss Free Democratic Party (Germany) Theodor Heuss Free Democratic Party (Germany) An indirect presidential election (officially the 2nd Federal Convention) was held in West Germany on 17 July 1954. The government parties and the opposition SPD renominated incumbent Theodor Heuss. Against his wishes, the Communist Party of Germany nominated Alfred Weber. Heuss was reelected on the first ballot with about 85% of the vote. Composition of the Federal Convention The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament. + By partyEine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten am 18. März 2012 Party Members CDU/CSU 431 SPD 347 FDP 112 DP 15 BP 15 Z 12 KPD 10 Hamburg-Block 9 SSW 1 DRP 1 Independents 4 Total 1018 + By state State Members Bundestag 509 Baden-Württemberg 68 Bavaria 91 Berlin 22 Bremen 6 Hamburg 17 Hesse 44 Lower Saxony 65 North Rhine-Westphalia 141 Rhineland-Palatinate 32 Schleswig-Holstein 23 Total 1018 Results CandidatePartiesVotes%Theodor HeussCDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, DP 87185.6Alfred WeberKPD 121.2Others1 60.6Abstentions959.3Invalid votes30.3Not cast313.0Total1,018100Source:http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/aufgaben/weitereaufgaben/bundesversammlung/bundespraesidenten/heuss/index.html Deutscher Bundestag: Bundespräsidenten seit 1949 2013-03-18 2012-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20121230173524/http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/aufgaben/weitereaufgaben/bundesversammlung/bundespraesidenten/heuss/index.html dead Note:1. In addition to the two formally nominated candidates President of the Reich Karl Dönitz, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Marie Elisabeth Lüders, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Franz-Josef Wuermeling, and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer received one vote each. References Presidential election 1954 West German presidential election West German presidential election Category:Theodor Heuss