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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
Deutscher Bundestag, 4-year term, 5% threshold, mixed member proportional
representation system (299/299) |
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· Federal President:
Horst Köhler (CDU) · Federal Chancellor: Angela Merkel (CDU)
· Government: CDU,
CSU, FDP |
| Party |
Ideology,
Affiliation, Founding |
2009 |
Seats |
2005 |
Seats |
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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) 
Christian Democratic
Union of Germany |
Christian democracy;
Liberal conservatism |
EPP, CDI, IDU
1945 |
27,3% |
194 |
27,8% |
180 |
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Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)
Social Democratic Party of
Germany
|
Social democracy;
Third Way
|
PES, SI
1875 |
23,0% |
146 |
34,2% |
222 |
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Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)
Free Democratic
Party
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Liberalism
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ELDR, LI
1948 |
14,6% |
93 |
9,8% |
61 |
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Die
Linke (LINKE)
The Left
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Democratic socialism
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EL
2007 |
11,9% |
76 |
8,7% |
54 |
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Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (GRÜNE)
Alliance
90 / The Greens |
Green politics
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EGP, GG
1993 |
10,7% |
68 |
8,1% |
51 |
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Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Christian-Social
Union in Bavaria |
Regionalism;
Christian democracy, Conservatism |
EPP, IDU
1946 |
6,5% |
45 |
7,4% |
46 |
| Others |
- |
- |
6,0% |
- |
3,9% |
- |
| Total |
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622 |
- |
614 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
70,8% |
77,7% |
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