Election to the 5th German Bundestag
on 19 September 1965
Federal result
| Specification |
First votes |
Second votes |
Number of seats incl. Berlin deputies |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Persons entitled to vote |
38,510,395 |
X |
38,510,395 |
X |
X |
| Voters, voter turnout |
33,416,207 |
86.8 |
33,416,207 |
86.8 |
X |
| Invalid |
979,158 |
2.9 |
795,765 |
2.4 |
X |
| Valid |
32,437,049 |
97.1 |
32,620,442 |
97.6 |
X |
| SPD |
12,998,474 |
40.1 |
12,813,186 |
39.3 |
217 |
| CDU |
12,631,319 |
38.9 |
12,387,562 |
38.0 |
202 |
| CSU |
3,204,648 |
9.9 |
3,136,506 |
9.6 |
49 |
| F.D.P. |
2,562,294 |
7.9 |
3,096,739 |
9.5 |
50 |
| Others |
1,040,314 |
3.2 |
1,186,449 |
3.6 |
– |
| AUD |
46,146 |
0.1 |
52,637 |
0.2 |
– |
| CVP |
11,978 |
0.0 |
19,832 |
0.1 |
– |
| DFU |
386,900 |
1.2 |
434,182 |
1.3 |
– |
| EFP |
– |
– |
1,015 |
0.0 |
– |
| FSU |
6,287 |
0.0 |
10,631 |
0.0 |
– |
| NPD |
587,216 |
1.8 |
664,193 |
2.0 |
– |
| UAP |
1,127 |
0.0 |
3,959 |
0.0 |
|
| Political groupings standing for election/individual candidates |
660 |
0.0 |
– |
– |
– |