1969 West German federal election

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 28 September 1969 to elect the members of the 6th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction and the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 237 of the 518 seats. After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party and SPD leader Willy Brandt became Chancellor.

28 September 1969 (1969-09-28)

All 496 seats in the Bundestag
249 seats needed for a majority

Registered

38,677,235 0.4%

Turnout

33,523,064 (86.7%) 0.1pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	Willy Brandt	Walter Scheel
Party	CDU/CSU	SPD	FDP
Last election	47.6%, 245 seats	39.3%, 202 seats	9.5%, 49 seats
Seats won	242	224	30
Seat change	3	22	19
Popular vote	15,195,187	14,065,716	1,903,422
Percentage	46.1%	42.7%	5.8%
Swing	1.5pp	3.4pp	3.7pp

Results by constituency. Gray denotes seats won by the
CDU/CSU, and red denotes those won by the SPD.

Government before election

Kiesinger cabinet
CDU/CSU–SPD

Government after election

First Brandt cabinet
SPD–FDP

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The federal election resulted in the election of the first ever SPD Chancellor in West Germany Willy Brandt.

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