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| November 19, 1972 Bundestag Election Results - Federal Republic of Germany Totals | |||||||
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| Registered Electors | 41,446,302 | ||||||
| Voters | 37,761,589 | 91.1% | |||||
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Second Vote (Zweitstimme) |
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| Blank or Invalid Ballots | 457,810 | 1.2% | 301,839 | 0.8% | |||
| Valid Votes | 37,303,779 | 98.8% | 37,459,750 | 99.2% | |||
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| Party | First Votes |
% | Direct Seats |
Second Votes |
% | List Seats |
Total Seats |
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| Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | 18,228,239 | 48.9 | 152 | 17,175,169 | 45.8 | 78 | 230 |
| Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union | 16,925,438 | 45.4 | 96 | 16,806,020 | 44.9 | 129 | 225 |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 13,304,813 | 35.7 | 65 | 13,190,837 | 35.2 | 112 | 177 |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 3,620,625 | 9.7 | 31 | 3,615,183 | 9.7 | 17 | 48 |
| Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.) | 1,790,513 | 4.8 | 0 | 3,129,982 | 8.4 | 41 | 41 |
| Others | 359,589 | 1.0 | 0 | 348,579 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
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