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| Registered | 38,510,395 2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 33,416,207 (86.8%) 0.9pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal elections were held inWest Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5thBundestag. TheCDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while theSocial Democratic Party remained the largest single party in theBundestag, winning 217 of the 518 seats (including 15 of the 22 non-voting delegates forWest Berlin).
Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending.[1][2]
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| Party | Party-list | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Elected | West Berlin | Total | +/– | |||
| Social Democratic Party | 12,813,186 | 39.28 | 108 | 12,998,474 | 40.07 | 94 | 202 | 15 | 217 | +14 | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | 12,387,562 | 37.97 | 78 | 12,631,319 | 38.94 | 118 | 196 | 6 | 202 | +1 | ||
| Christian Social Union | 3,136,506 | 9.62 | 13 | 3,204,648 | 9.88 | 36 | 49 | 0 | 49 | –1 | ||
| Free Democratic Party | 3,096,739 | 9.49 | 49 | 2,562,294 | 7.90 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 50 | –17 | ||
| National Democratic Party | 664,193 | 2.04 | 0 | 587,216 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| German Peace Union | 434,182 | 1.33 | 0 | 386,900 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Action Group of Independent Germans | 52,637 | 0.16 | 0 | 46,146 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Christian People's Party | 19,832 | 0.06 | 0 | 11,978 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Free Social Union [de] | 10,631 | 0.03 | 0 | 6,287 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Independent Workers' Party | 3,959 | 0.01 | 0 | 1,127 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| European Federalist Party [de] | 1,015 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents and voter groups | 660 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 32,620,442 | 100.00 | 248 | 32,437,049 | 100.00 | 248 | 496 | 22 | 518 | –3 | ||
| Valid votes | 32,620,442 | 97.62 | 32,437,049 | 97.07 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 795,765 | 2.38 | 979,158 | 2.93 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 33,416,207 | 100.00 | 33,416,207 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 38,510,395 | 86.77 | 38,510,395 | 86.77 | ||||||||
| Source:Bundeswahlleiter | ||||||||||||
| State | Total seats | Seats won | ||
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| CDU | SPD | CSU | ||
| Baden-Württemberg | 36 | 30 | 6 | |
| Bavaria | 44 | 8 | 36 | |
| Bremen | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hamburg | 8 | 8 | ||
| Hesse | 22 | 5 | 17 | |
| Lower Saxony | 30 | 20 | 10 | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 73 | 38 | 35 | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
| Saarland | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 248 | 118 | 94 | 36 |
| State | Total seats | Seats won | |||
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| SPD | CDU | FDP | CSU | ||
| Baden-Württemberg | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | |
| Bavaria | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | |
| Bremen | 2 | 2 | |||
| Hamburg | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Hesse | 23 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |
| Lower Saxony | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 80 | 31 | 36 | 13 | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| Saarland | 3 | 3 | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 248 | 108 | 78 | 49 | 13 |
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, withLudwig Erhard asChancellor. In 1966, the FDP left the coalition over budget issues, and Erhard resigned.Kurt Georg Kiesinger (also CDU) formed a newgrand coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD which lasted until the next election.
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