FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 SEPTEMBER 2005 =================================================================== Elections to the Bundestag Source: German Federal Republic elections website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------ * CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian-Democratic Union) * CSU - Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) * FDP - Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) * Grune - Die Grünen (The Greens) * Linke - Die Linke (The Left) * SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) In these tables the Linke vote is compared with the PDS vote in 2002. SUMMARIES OF VOTES AND SEATS BY LAND (STATE) =================================================================== BREMEN =================================================================== FIRST VOTE: MEMBERS ELECTED FROM CONSTITUENCES =================================================================== Voters: 486,475 Votes cast: 367,282 (75.5%) Invalid votes: 5,832 (01.6%) Valid votes: 361,450 (98.4%) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- CDU 96,120 26.6 (+00.8) - FDP 13,514 03.7 (-01.0) - Grune 35,147 09.7 (-00.5) - Linke 25,658 07.1 (+05.2) - SPD 184,817 51.1 (-03.4) 2 Others 22,127 05.9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 377,383 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND VOTE: MEMBERS ELECTED FROM PARTY LISTS =================================================================== Voters: 486,475 Votes cast: 367,282 (75.5%) Invalid votes: 5,361 (01.5%) Valid votes: 361,921 (98.5%) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- CDU 82,389 22.8 (-01.8) 1 FDP 29,329 08.1 (+01.4) - Grune 51,600 14.3 (-00.7) 1 Linke 30,570 08.4 (+06.2) - SPD 155,366 42.9 (-05.6) - Others 28,096 07.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 377,350 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------