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Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held.
- Far-Right Stronghold in The East
- Who Wins Direct Mandates Where?
- Wins and Losses by State
- Voting Behavior: Urban Versus Rural
- How Older and Younger Groups Voted
- Slight Gender Gap
There is now a clear far-right populist belt running through southeastern Germany. The AfD dominates almost all of Saxonyas well as the southern part of Thuringia and the southern tip of Saxony-Anhalt. All three states were previously part of the communist German Democratic Republic, more widely referred to as East Germany. In Saxony, the AfD has b...
When it comes to direct mandates — the first vote that allows Germans to vote directly for a candidate in Germany's two-vote system — the results generally coincide with the second vote for party lists. A notable outlier was the Left Party, which won three direct mandate seats — two in Berlin and one in Leipzig — while earning less than just under ...
There is not a single constituency in Germany where CDU/CSU made gains; their losses range from 1.2% to 17.1%. The lower number came from Aachen, the hometown of CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet; the largest came in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate. Aachen's two voting districts were the only constituencie...
In Germany's postwar history elections were often a clash between cities and the countryside. The CDU/CSU had dominated in the countryside, while the SPD and the FDP were largely dominant in the cities. That trend has weakened considerably: There is now hardly any difference in urban versus rural support for the SPD and FDP. The CDU/CSU still has s...
As Germany grays, that trend also shows itself in electoral results. The historic centrist big-tent parties — the CDU/CSU and SPD — are much more popular among older voters than with younger voters. The CDU/CSU won 38% of the over-70 vote, but just 10% of the under-25 vote. The SPD won 35% of the over-70 vote, and 15% of the under-25 vote. This app...
Do women in Germany vote differently from men? To some extent, gender is reflected in party choice. The CDU/CSU and the Left Party are favored roughly equally by men and women. The SPD and the Greens have slightly more support among women than men. The AfD and FDP appeal more to men. The AfD has 4% more support among men than women. The FDP has 3% ...
This is a breakdown of the results of the 2021 German federal election. The following tables display detailed results in each of the sixteen states and all 299 single-member constituencies.
Oct 17, 2021 · Americans concerned about the future of their democracy can learn from the system they helped install in Germany. By Stephen F. Szabo, an adjunct professor of German and European studies at ...
Sep 25, 2021 · German election: The essential guide. Catch up on POLITICO’s coverage of the race to replace Angela Merkel. Election campaign billboards in Berlin, Germany, on September 5, 2021 | Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Germany went to the polls Sunday, and it could hardly be closer.
Sep 27, 2021 · A changed electoral map. In Germany’s electoral system, voters have two votes. The first is a first-past-the-post ballot for one of 299 constituency MPs. The second is for a party list which is...
Sep 27, 2021 · Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest share of the vote in Sunday’s federal election, putting them in pole position to form the country’s next coalition...
