1972 West German federal election
Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 November 1972 to elect the members of the 7th Bundestag. In the first snap elections since the resumption of democratic elections in 1949, the Social Democratic Party became the largest party in parliament for the first time since 1930, winning 230 of the 496 seats. The coalition with the Free Democratic Party was resumed.
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All 496 seats in the Bundestag 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 41,446,302 7.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 37,761,589 (91.1%) 4.4pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency. Gray denotes seats won by the CDU/CSU, and red denotes those won by the SPD. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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