German federal election, 1961
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| Elections |
The German federal election, 1961, was conducted on September 17, 1961, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
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Issues and Campaign
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Results
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | ||
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 11,283,901 | 35.8% | -3.9% | 192 | -23 | 38.5% |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 3,014,471 | 9.5% | -1.0% | 50 | -5 | 10.0% |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 4,028,766 | 12.8% | +5.1% | 67 | +26 | 13.4% |
| Social Democratic Party | 11,427,355 | 36.2% | +4.5% | 190 | +21 | 38.1% |
| All Others | 1,796,408 | 5.7% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Totals | 31,550,901 | 100.0% | 499 | +2 | 100.0% | |
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Post-election
Konrad Adenauer remained Chancellor, building a coalition between the CDU/CSU-FDP. In 1963 he resigned in a scandal after ordering the arrest of five journalists for publishing a memo detailing alleged weaknesses in the German armed forces (known as the Spiegel scandal). Ludwig Erhard took over his position as head of the coalition and government.
| Preceded by: 1957 | German federal elections | Followed by: 1965 |
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Sources
- The Federal Returning Officer (http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/e/index_e.htm)
- Psephos (http://psephos.adam-carr.net)pl:Wybory parlamentarne w Niemczech, 1961
