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) =================================================================== SACHSEN (Saxony) =================================================================== FIRST VOTE: MEMBERS ELECTED FROM CONSTITUENCES =================================================================== Voters: 3,560,481 Votes cast: 2,696,239 (75.7%) Invalid votes: 49,715 (01.8%) Valid votes: 2,646,524 (98.2%) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- CDU 940,499 35.5 (-01.5) 14 (+01) FDP 176,904 06.7 ( 00.0) - Grune 94,129 03.6 (+00.1) - Linke 590,836 22.3 (+04.6) - SPD 666,835 25.2 (-07.3) 3 (-01) Others 177,321 06.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,646,524 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND VOTE: MEMBERS ELECTED FROM PARTY LISTS =================================================================== Voters: 3,560,481 Votes cast: 2,696,239 (75.7%) Invalid votes: 47,707 (01.8%) Valid votes: 2,648,532 (98.2%) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- CDU 795,568 30.0 (-03.5) - FDP 269,612 10.2 (+02.9) 4 (+02) Grune 126,873 04.8 (+00.2) 2 Linke 603,878 22.8 (+06.6) 8 (+08) SPD 649,899 24.5 (-08.8) 5 (-03) Others 202,702 07.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,648,532 19 (+07) -------------------------------------------------------------------