2002 German federal election

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Registered61,432,868 Increase 1.1%
Turnout48,582,761 (79.1%) Decrease 3.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gerhard Schröder Edmund Stoiber Joschka Fischer
Party SPD CDU/CSU Green
Last election 40.9%, 298 seats 35.1%, 245 seats 6.7%, 47 seats
Seats won 251 248 55
Seat change Decrease 47 Increase 3 Increase 8
Popular vote 18,488,668 18,482,641 4,110,355
Percentage 38.5% 38.5% 8.6%
Swing Decrease 2.4 pp Increase 3.4 pp Increase 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Guido Westerwelle Gabi Zimmer
Party FDP PDS
Last election 6.2%, 43 seats 5.1%, 36 seats
Seats won 47 2
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 34
Popular vote 3,538,815 1,916,702
Percentage 7.4% 4.0%
Swing Increase 1.2 pp Decrease 1.1 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election

Schröder I
SPD

 Government after election

Schröder II
SPD

The 2002 German federal election took place on 22 September 2002.

Notes

  1. ↑ Zimmer was federal chairwoman of the PDS. She was one of four lead candidates appointed by the party congress. The others were Roland Claus, Dietmar Bartsch, and Petra Pau.

References

  1. ↑ "Flooding makes a delight out of crisis for Schroder". The Irish Times. 24 August 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Looking Back at the 2002 Election". dw.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Jess Smee (17 January 2007), Stoiber quits after snooping row Archived 16 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian.