Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Section Title: Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
Table Section Text: None

Election year	Leader	No. of constituency votes	No. of party list votes	% of party list votes	No. of overall seats won	+/–	Government

1949	Konrad Adenauer	5,978,636	25.2	115 / 402	CDU/CSU–FDP–DP

1953	Konrad Adenauer	9,577,659	10,016,594	36.4	197 / 509	82	CDU/CSU–FDP–DP

1957	Konrad Adenauer	11,975,400	11,875,339	39.7	222 / 519	25	CDU/CSU–DP

1961	Konrad Adenauer	11,622,995	11,283,901	35.8	201 / 521	21	CDU/CSU–FDP

1965	Konrad Adenauer	12,631,319	12,387,562	38.0	202 / 518	1	CDU/CSU–SPD

1969	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	12,137,148	12,079,535	36.6	201 / 518	1	Opposition

1972	Rainer Barzel	13,304,813	13,190,837	35.2	186 / 518	15	Opposition

1976	Helmut Kohl	14,423,157	14,367,302	38.0	201 / 518	15	Opposition

1980	Helmut Kohl	13,467,207	12,989,200	34.2	185 / 519	16	Opposition

1983	Helmut Kohl	15,943,460	14,857,680	38.1	202 / 520	17	CDU/CSU–FDP

1987	Helmut Kohl	14,168,527	13,045,745	34.4	185 / 519	17	CDU/CSU–FDP

1990	Helmut Kohl	17,707,574	17,055,116	36.7	268 / 662	83	CDU/CSU–FDP

1994	Helmut Kohl	17,473,325	16,089,960	34.2	244 / 672	24	CDU/CSU–FDP

1998	Helmut Kohl	15,854,215	14,004,908	28.4	198 / 669	46	Opposition

2002	Angela Merkel	15,336,512	14,167,561	29.5	190 / 603	8	Opposition

2005	Angela Merkel	15,390,950	13,136,740	27.8	180 / 614	10	CDU/CSU–SPD

2009	Angela Merkel	13,856,674	11,828,277	27.3	194 / 622	14	CDU/CSU–FDP

2013	Angela Merkel	16,233,642	14,921,877	34.1	254 / 630	61	CDU/CSU–SPD

2017	Angela Merkel	14,027,804	12,445,832	26.8	200 / 709	54	CDU/CSU–SPD

Sentence(s)

In 2002, CDU polled 29.5%.

final_sentence: In 2002, CDU polled 29.5%.