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Federal President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) · Federal Chancellor: Olaf Scholz (SPD) · Governing parties: SPD, GRÜNE, FDP
Legislative elections: Bundestag, 4-year term, 5% threshold, 598 seats (+ overhang/adjustment seats), MMP (299 PR + 299 FPTP):

Party 2021 2017
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)  
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social democracy  
 
25,7% 206 20,5% 153
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU)  
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
18,9% 152 26,8% 200
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (GRÜNE)
Alliance 90/The Greens
Green politics 
 
14,8% 118 8,9% 67
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)  
Free Democratic Party
Liberalism
 
11,5% 92 10,7% 80
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)  
Alternative for Germany
National conservatism
    
10,3% 83 12,6% 94
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
5,2% 45 6,2% 46
Die Linke (DIE LINKE)  
The Left
Democratic socialism 
 
4,9% 39 9,2% 69
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband (SSW)
South Schleswig Voters' Association
Minority interests [Danish, Frisian]
    
0,1% 1 - -
Others 8,6% - 5,0% -
Total - 736 - 709
Turnout 76,6% 76,2%

 © 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundeswahlleiter (http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de).

Archive: Legislative elections, 1998-2017 ( For full coverage, 1949-present, click here and here):

1998 2002 2005 2009 2013 2017
CDU % 28,4 29,5 27,8 27,3 34,1 26,8
  S. 198 190 180 194 255 200
SPD % 40,9 38,5 34,2 23,0 25,7 20,5
  S. 298 251 222 146 193 153
AfD % - - - - 4,7 12,6
  S. - - - - - 94
FDP % 6,2 7,4 9,8 14,6 4,8 10,7
  S. 43 47 61 93 - 80
DIE LINKE (PDS) % 5,1 4,0 8,7 11,9 8,6 9,2
  S. 36 2 54 76 64 69
GRÜNE % 6,7 8,6 8,1 10,7 8,4 8,9
  S. 47 55 51 68 63 67
CSU % 6,7 9,0 7,4 6,5 7,4 6,2
  S. 47 58 46 45 56 46
Others % 6,0 3,0 3,9 6,0 6,3 5,0
  S. - - - - - -
Total S. 669 603 614 622 631 709
Turnout % 82,2 79,1 77,7 70,8 71,5 76,2

Abbreviations: CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany; SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany; AfD: Alternative for Germany; FDP: Free Democratic Party; DIE LINKE: The Left (1998-2002: Party of Democratic Socialism, PDS; 2005: The Left Party.PDS, DIE LINKE.PDS); GRÜNE: Alliance 90/The Greens; CSU: Christian Social Union in Bavaria. © 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck.