1961 West German federal election
Federal elections were held in West Germany on 17 September 1961 to elect the members of the fourth Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, winning 242 of the 499 seats. However, the loss of its majority and the All-German Party losing all its seats led to the CDU having to negotiate a coalition with the long-term junior coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party, leading to a demand for long-term chancellor Konrad Adenauer to leave office in 1963, halfway through his term.
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All 499 seats in the Bundestag 250 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 37,440,715 ( 5.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 87.7% ( 0.1pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency (left) and seats by state (right). The pie chart over West Berlin shows the composition of its legislature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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