Press release no. 10/24 of 1. März 2024
Repeat of the 2021 Bundestag election: final result
WIESBADEN/BERLIN – Today, the Federal Electoral Committee established the final result of the election to the 20th German Bundestag in public session, taking into account the outcome of the 2021 Bundestag election that was repeated in parts of Berlin. Afterwards, Federal Returning Officer Ruth Brand announced the final election result in the Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building of the German Bundestag in Berlin.
Share of second votes
With voter turnout at 76.4% (2021 main election: 76.6%, 2017 Bundestag election: 76.2%), the individual parties’ share of the valid second votes cast was as follows:
| Party | Share of second vote after | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 repeat election | 2021 main election | 2017 Bundestag election | ||
| SPD | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | 25.7 % | 25.7 % | 20.5 % |
| CDU | Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | 19.0 % | 18.9 % | 26.8 % |
| GRÜNE | BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN | 14.7 % | 14.8 % | 8.9 % |
| FDP | Freie Demokratische Partei | 11.4 % | 11.5 % | 10.7 % |
| AfD | Alternative für Deutschland | 10.4 % | 10.3 % | 12.6 % |
| CSU | Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. | 5.2 % | 5.2 % | 6.2 % |
| DIE LINKE | DIE LINKE | 4.9 % | 4.9 % | 9.2 % |
| SSW | Südschleswigscher Wählerverband | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | Did not participate |
| Other | 8.6 % | 8.6 % | 5.0 % | |
The total of valid second votes according to the final result is 49 votes higher than according to the provisional result announced by the Federal Returning Officer on 12 February 2024 following the repeat election. The share of invalid second votes is 0.9% (2017: 1.0%) and the share of invalid first votes is 1.0% (2017: 1.2%).
The share of the second vote that went to ‘Other’ parties was distributed as follows (ordered by the number of votes received):
| Party | Share of second vote after | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 repeat election | 2021 main election | 2017 Bundestag election | ||
| FREIE WÄHLER | FREIE WÄHLER | 2.4 % | 2.4 % | 1.0 % |
| Tierschutzpartei | PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ | 1.5 % | 1.5 % | 0.8 % |
| dieBasis | Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland | 1.4 % | 1.4 % | Did not participate |
| Die PARTEI | Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative | 1.0 % | 1.0 % | 1.0 % |
| Team Todenhöfer | Team Todenhöfer – Die Gerechtigkeitspartei | 0.5 % | 0.5 % | Did not participate |
| PIRATEN | Piratenpartei Deutschland | 0.4 % | 0.4 % | 0.4 % |
| Volt | Volt Deutschland | 0.4 % | 0.4 % | Did not participate |
| ÖDP | Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei | 0.2 % | 0.2 % | 0.3 % |
| HEIMAT (2021: NPD) | Die Heimat (2021: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands) | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.4 % |
| Verjüngungsforschung (2021: Gesundheitsforschung) | Partei für schulmedizinische Verjüngungsforschung (2021: Partei für Gesundheitsforschung) | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % |
| Die Humanisten | Partei der Humanisten | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
| Bündnis C | Bündnis C - Christen für Deutschland | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | Did not participate with a Land list |
| BP | Bayernpartei | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % |
| V-Partei³ | V-Partei³ - Partei für Veränderung, Vegetarier und Veganer | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % |
| UNABHÄNGIGE | UNABHÄNGIGE für bürgernahe Demokratie | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate with a Land list |
| MLPD | Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.1 % |
| du. | Die Urbane. Eine HipHop Partei | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| Die Grauen | Die Grauen – Für alle Generationen | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| DKP | Deutsche Kommunistische Partei | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| Tierschutzallianz | Allianz für Menschenrechte, Tier- und Naturschutz | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.1 % |
| LIEBE | Europäische Partei LIEBE | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| Wir Bürger (2021: LKR) | Wir Bürger (2021: Liberal-Konservative Reformer) | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| LfK | >> Partei für Kinder, Jugendliche und Familien << – Lobbyisten für Kinder – | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| III. Weg | DER DRITTE WEG | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| Gartenpartei | Gartenpartei | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| BÜRGERBEWEGUNG | Bürgerbewegung für Fortschritt und Wandel | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| DiB | DEMOKRATIE IN BEWEGUNG | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.1 % |
| MENSCHLICHE WELT | Menschliche Welt - für das Wohl und Glücklichsein aller | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| BÜNDNIS21 | diePinken/BÜNDNIS21 | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate |
| Partei des Fortschritts | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | Did not participate | |
| SGP | Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, Vierte Internationale | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
| BüSo | Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Distribution of seats in the German Bundestag
Following the repeat election, there will be 735 seats in the Bundestag (2021 main election: 736, 2017 Bundestag election: 709), one less than after the main election in 2021. Compared with the provisional result of 12 February 2024, there are no changes to the distribution of seats. This means that the FDP definitively loses one seat in Berlin. The SPD loses one seat in Berlin and wins one seat in Niedersachsen. The GRÜNEN lose one seat in Berlin and win one seat in Nordrhein-Westfalen. DIE LINKE loses one seat in Berlin and wins one seat in Hessen.
Based on the final election result, which takes account of the repeat election, the political parties indicated below will have the following number of seats in the 20th German Bundestag:
| Party | Seats according to calculation of seats after | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 repeat election | 2021 main election | 2017 Bundestag election | ||||
| total | including constituency seats | total | including constituency seats | total | including constituency seats | |
| SPD | 206 | 121 | 206 | 121 | 153 | 59 |
| CDU | 152 | 98 | 152 | 98 | 200 | 185 |
| GRÜNE | 118 | 16 | 118 | 16 | 67 | 1 |
| FDP | 91 | – | 92 | – | 80 | – |
| AfD | 83 | 16 | 83 | 16 | 94 | 3 |
| CSU | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 |
| DIE LINKE | 39 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 69 | 5 |
| SSW | 1 | – | 1 | – | Did not participate | |
When establishing which Land list candidates are elected, it was decided, following a resolution of the Federal Electoral Committee, to identify the cases outside Berlin in which a seat was vacated and filled by a successor from the list in the period up to the repeat election.
On the other hand, any resignations of party membership or change of party that took place after the admission of the candidates do not affect the establishment of the results by the Federal Electoral Committee and were not explicitly identified. This is also the case if an individual left a party or switched to another party after the repeat election but before the attainment of Bundestag membership. The individuals concerned have been declared as elected for the parties for which they ran.
The final results and the final distribution of seats in the election to the 20th German Bundestag for Germany as a whole, the Länder and the individual constituencies are available on the website of the Federal Returning Officer (www.bundeswahlleiterin.de). The “Endgültige Ergebnisse nach Wahlkreisen” publication of the Federal Returning Officer, detailing the final results by constituencies, is also available for download from the website (PDF format).
Decision of the Council of Elders
The Federal Elections Act stipulates that the Council of Elders of the German Bundestag must decide on the loss of membership of the Bundestag immediately after the session of the Federal Electoral Committee. The representatives concerned will leave the Bundestag with the decision of the Council of Elders.
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