Electoral map showing the party list vote results ("Zweitstimmen") of the 1972 Bundestag (West German parliament) elections by state. Red denotes states where the SPD had the the absolute majority of the votes; pink denotes states where the SPD had the plurality of votes; darker blue denotes states where CDU/CSU had the absolute majority of the votes; and lighter blue denotes states where CDU/CSU had the plurality of votes.