1965 West German federal election

none September 2022 1965 West German federal election West Germany parliamentary no 1961 West German federal election 1961 1965 09 19 y 1969 West German federal election 1969 List of members of the 4th Bundestag List of members of the 5th Bundestag All 496 seats in the BundestagAs well as the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin de Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter sup, elected by the West Berlin Legislature. 249 38,510,395 2.9% 33,416,207 (86.8%) 0.9 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F019972-0018, Düsseldorf, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Erhard.jpg 125 120 160 0 0 Ludwig Erhard CDU/CSU 45.3%, 242 seats 245As well as 6 non-voting delegates for West Berlin de Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter sup. 3 15,524,068 47.6% 2.3 pp Brandt at Pentagon 1965 (cropped).JPEG 120 120 160 0 0 Willy Brandt Social Democratic Party of Germany 36.2%, 190 seats 202As well as 15 non-voting delegates for West Berlin de Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter sup. 12 12,813,186 39.3% 3.1 pp Erich Mende (Kiel 36.036) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Erich Mende Free Democratic Party (Germany) 12.8%, 67 seats 49As well as 1 non-voting delegate for West Berlin de Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter sup. 18 3,096,739 9.5% 3.3 pp 1965 West German federal election.svg 400px The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows party list winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. Government First Erhard cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP Government after election Second Erhard cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP A federal election was held in West Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 217 of the 518 seats (including 15 of the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin). Campaign Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending. Bjöl Erling Erling Bjöl Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West Erhard's Victory and Fall 339 Bark Dennis L. Dennis L. Bark Gress David R. David R. Gress A History of West Germany, volume 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988 Basil Blackwell 1989 London, UK Results Party-list Constituency Elected West Berlin Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter de sup Total +/– File:Bundestag 1965.svg Social Democratic Party 12813186 108 12998474 94 202 15 217 +14 Christian Democratic Union 12387562 78 12631319 118 196 6 202 +1 Christian Social Union 3136506 13 3204648 36 49 0 49 –1 Free Democratic Party 3096739 49 2562294 0 49 1 50 –17 National Democratic Party 664193 0 587216 0 0 0 0 0 German Peace Union 434182 0 386900 0 0 0 0 0 #BE3075 Action Group of Independent Germans 52637 0 46146 0 0 0 0 New Christian People's Party 19832 0 11978 0 0 0 0 New Free Social Union de Humanwirtschaftspartei 10631 0 6287 0 0 0 0 New #15A1DD Independent Workers' Party 3959 0 1127 0 0 0 0 New European Federalist Party (historic) de Europäische Föderalistische Partei (historisch) European Federalist Party 1015 0 – – 0 0 0 New #2D5CD0 Independents and voter groups 660 0 0 0 0 0 795765 979158 –3 38510395 38510395 BundeswahlleiterBundeswahlleiter #F0C219 Results by state Constituency seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDCSUBaden-Württemberg36306Bavaria44836Bremen33Hamburg88Hesse22517Lower Saxony302010North Rhine-Westphalia733835Rhineland-Palatinate16115Saarland541Schleswig-Holstein11101Total2481189436 List seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUFDPCSUBaden-Württemberg3217510Bavaria4222713Bremen22Hamburg9171Hesse234136Lower Saxony321697North Rhine-Westphalia80313613Rhineland-Palatinate15753Saarland33Schleswig-Holstein10712Total248108784913 Aftermath The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Ludwig Erhard as Chancellor. In 1966, the FDP left the coalition over budget issues, and Erhard resigned. Kurt Georg Kiesinger (also CDU) formed a new grand coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD which lasted until the next election. Notes References Category:Federal elections in Germany Federal Category:Ludwig Erhard Federal West Germany