1957 West German federal election
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 15 September 1957 to elect the members of the third Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 270 seats in the Bundestag to win the first – and to date, only – absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election.
Quick Facts All 497 seats in the Bundestag 249 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
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All 497 seats in the Bundestag[lower-alpha 1] 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 35,400,923 6.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 31,072,894 (87.8%) 1.8pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The left side shows the winning party vote in the constituencies, the right side shows the seats won by parties in each of the states. The pie chart over West Berlin shows the partisan composition of its legislature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first West German federal election to take place in the Saarland, which – as Saar protectorate – had been a separate entity under French control between 1946 and 1956.