2017 German federal election

The German Bundestag after the 2017 election:

 CDU: 200, CSU: 46.

The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017. The Christian Democratic Union won 33% of the vote, but both them and the Social Democratic Party lost many seats. The Alternative for Germany and Free Democratic Party both entered parliament and made great gains.

 Parties 

 Major 

These parties have received at least 4% of the national vote in the last German federal election, and are predicted to win seats in this next election.

 Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): led by Angela Merkel. The party is liberal conservative and pro-European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), a conservative party.
 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): led by Martin Schulz. The party supports social democracy and is pro-European Union.
 The Left: led by Sahra Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch. The Left is a democratic socialist party.
 Alliance '90/The Greens: led by Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir. The party supports green politics and is pro-European Union.
 Free Democratic Party (FDP): led by Christian Lindner. The party supports classical liberalism and economic liberalism. The FDP is also pro-European Union.
 Alternative for Germany (AfD): led by Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland. The party is nationalistic and is against the European Union.

 Minor 

These parties received at least 1% of the national vote in the last German federal election.

 Pirate Party Germany: led by Patrick Schiffer. The party supports Pirate politics and is socially liberal.
 National Democratic Party of Germany (NDP): led by Frank Franz. The NDP is a neo-Nazi party.
 Free Voters: not a registered political party. The association attracts many conservative voters in the south.

 Opinion polls 
Below is the monthly average of opinion polls towards the election.
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 Results 

 Parties Party listBundestag election 2017 Total seats Votes % +/− Seats +/− % CDU/CSU 15,317,344 32.93%  8.61% 246  65 34.7% Social Democratic Party 9,539,381 20.51%  5.22% 153  40 21.6% Alternative for Germany 5,878,115 12.64%  7.94% 94  94 13.3% Free Democratic Party 4,999,449 10.75%  5.99% 80  80 11.3% The Left 4,297,270 9.24%  0.65% 69  5 9.7% Alliance '90/The Greens 4,158,400 8.94%  0.49% 67  4 9.4% Free Voters 463,292 1.00%  0.03% 0  0 0.0% Die PARTEI 454,349 0.98%  0.80% 0  0 0.0% Human Environment Animal Protection 374,179 0.80%  0.48% 0  0 0.0% National Democratic Party 176,020 0.38%  0.90% 0  0 0.0% Pirate Party 173,476 0.37%  1.82% 0  0 0.0% Others 684,217 1.47%  0.20% 0  0 0.0%Totals46,515,492100.0%07090100.0%

 Results by state 

 StateResults in Federal Lands and constituencies results in % CDU/CSU SPD AfD  FDP  LINKE GRÜNE FW  PARTEI  all others   34.4  16.4  12.2  12.7  6.4  13.5  0.7  0.7  3.0   38.8  15.3  12.4  10.2  6.1  9.8  2.7  0.7  4.0   22.7  17.9  12.0  8.9  18.8  12.6  0.3  2.1  4.7   26.7  17.6  20.2  7.1  17.2  5.0  1.2  1.3  3.7   25.0  26.8  10.0  9.3  13.5  11.0  0.4  1.7  2.3   27.2  23.5  7.8  10.8  12.2  13.9  0.4  1.6  2.6   30.9  23.5  11.9  11.6  8.1  9.7  0.9  0.9  2.5   34.9  27.4  9.1  9.3  6.9  8.7  0.4  0.9  2.4   33.1  15.1  18.6  6.2  17.8  4.3  0.8  1.0  3.1   32.6  26.0  9.4  13.1  7.5  7.6  0.3  0.8  2.7   35.9  24.2  11.2  10.4  6.8  7.6  1.4  1.0  1.5   32.4  27.2  10.1  7.6  12.9  6.0  0.8  1.3  1.7   26.9  10.5  27.0  8.2  16.1  4.6  1.1  1.3  4.3   30.3  15.2  19.6  7.8  17.8  3.7  1.2  1.1  3.3   34.0  23.3  8.2  12.6  7.3  12.0  0.6  1.2  0.8   28.8  13.2  22.7  7.8  16.9  4.1  1.6  1.5  3.4

 Voter turnout 

 StatesElections Atlas Voter turnout   78.3%   78.2%   75.6%   73.7%   70.7%   75.9%   77.0%   76.4%   70.9%   75.4%   77.6%   76.6%   75.4%   68.1%   76.5%   74.3%

 Election leaders 

 References 

Category:2010s in Germany
Category:Federal elections in Germany
Category:2017 elections in Europe
Category:German Bundestag
Category:September 2017 events