2024 European Parliament election in Germany

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2024 European Parliament election in Germany

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All 96 German seats to the European Parliament
Turnout| 64.78% ( 3.4 pp)
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| CDU/CSU | Manfred Weber | 30.02  | 29  | 0
| AfD | Maximilian Krah | 15.89  | 15  | +4
| SPD | Katarina Barley | 13.94  | 14  | −2
| Greens | Terry Reintke | 11.90  | 12  | −9
| BSW | Fabio De Masi | 6.17  | 6  | New
| FDP | M.-A. Strack-Zimmermann | 5.18  | 5  | 0
| Left | M. Schirdewan & C. Rackete | 2.74  | 3  | −2
| FW | Christine Singer | 2.67  | 3  | +1
| Volt | D. Boeselager & N. Riehl | 2.57  | 3  | +2
| Die PARTEI | Martin Sonneborn | 1.95  | 2  | 0
| Tierschutzpartei | Sebastian Everding | 1.43  | 1  | 0
| ÖDP | Manuela Ripa | 0.65  | 1  | 0
| Familie | Helmut Geuking | 0.61  | 1  | 0
| PdF | Lukas Sieper | 0.57  | 1  | New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results of the election. The map on the right shows the results by district. The map in the lower left shows results by state.

The 2024 European Parliament election in Germany was held on 9 June 2024.[1] It was the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit.[2][3]

The election saw the CDU/CSU slightly increase its vote share, while all three parties comprising the government — the SPD, the Greens and the FDP — earned fewer votes than five years ago, with the Greens in particular suffering especially high losses.[4] Conversely, the far-right AfD surged in both votes and seats, finishing second.[5]

There was a stark regional disparity: The AfD won at least a plurality in all but six districts in former East Germany: Potsdam and Potsdam-Mittelmark in Brandenburg, the cities of Erfurt, Jena and Weimar as well as traditionally Catholic Eichsfeld in Thuringia. The newly formed left-populist party Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance also attracted a significant number of voters, with its support also being highest in the former East German states.

## Background

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The 2024 European Parliament election was the first national election to be held in Germany since the 2021 federal election, in which former Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats CDU-CSU lost to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Olaf Scholz[6] who formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Alliance 90/The Greens. The coalition lowered the voting age for European Parliamentary Elections from 18 to 16 prior to this election.[7]

## Electoral threshold

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Since the 2014 European Parliament election, Germany does not have an overriding threshold of the vote share required in order for a party to win an EP seat — unlike the 5% threshold in national elections. This has allowed a number of smaller parties to gain representation, since they only have to reach about 0.5% of the vote share needed to get their first seat under the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method.

Germany is entitled to elect 96 Members of the European Parliament.[8]

Although the European Council had recommended that countries with more than 35 MEPs should introduce a threshold between 2% and 5%, the German government abandoned its plans for a 2% threshold in November 2018.[9] In 2022, the government decided to introduce a 2% threshold, but this will not yet apply in the 2024 election.[10] In 2019, the de facto threshold for a seat was around 0.7% of the vote.

## Outgoing delegation

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The table shows the detailed composition of the German seats at the European Parliament as of 12 March 2024.

EP Group  | Seats  | Party  | Seats  | MEPs

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| European People's Party |

30 / 96

|  | Christian Democratic Union | 23  |

* Hildegard Bentele
* Stefan Berger
* Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold
* Daniel Caspary
* Lena Düpont
* Christian Ehler
* Michael Gahler
* Jens Gieseke
* Niclas Herbst
* Peter Jahr
* Peter Liese
* Norbert Lins
* David McAllister
* Markus Pieper
* Dennis Radtke
* Christine Schneider
* Andreas Schwab
* Ralf Seekatz
* Sven Simon
* Sabine Verheyen
* Axel Voss
* Marion Walsmann
* Rainer Wieland

| Christian Social Union | 6  |

* Christian Doleschal
* Markus Ferber
* Monika Hohlmeier
* Marlene Mortler
* Angelika Niebler
* Manfred Weber

| Family Party | 1  |

* Helmut Geuking

| Greens–European Free Alliance |

25 / 96

|  | Alliance 90/The Greens | 21  |

* Rasmus Andresen
* Michael Bloss
* Reinhard Bütikofer
* Anna Cavazzini
* Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg
* Romeo Franz
* Daniel Freund
* Alexandra Geese
* Henrike Hahn
* Martin Häusling
* Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
* Ska Keller
* Sergey Lagodinsky
* Katrin Langensiepen
* Erik Marquardt
* Hannah Neumann
* Niklas Nienaß
* Jan Ovelgönne
* Jutta Paulus
* Terry Reintke
* Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

| Ecological Democratic Party | 1  |

* Manuela Ripa

| Volt | 1  |

* Damian Boeselager

| Pirate Party | 1  |

* Patrick Breyer

| Independents | 1  |

* Nico Semsrott

| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |

16 / 96

|  | Social Democratic Party | 16  |

* Katarina Barley
* Gabriele Bischoff
* Udo Bullmann
* Delara Burkhardt
* Matthias Ecke
* Jens Geier
* Petra Kammerevert
* Dietmar Köster
* Bernd Lange
* Karsten Lucke
* Maria Noichl
* René Repasi
* Thomas Rudner
* Joachim Schuster
* Birgit Sippel
* Tiemo Wölken

| Renew Europe |

7 / 96

|  | Free Democratic Party | 5  |

* Andreas Glück
* Svenja Hahn
* Michael Kauch
* Moritz Körner
* Jan-Christoph Oetjen

| Free Voters | 2  |

* Engin Eroglu
* Ulrike Müller

| The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |

5 / 96

|  | The Left | 5  |

* Özlem Demirel
* Cornelia Ernst
* Martina Michels
* Martin Schirdewan
* Helmut Scholz

| European Conservatives and Reformists |

1 / 96

|  | Alliance Germany | 1  |

* Lars Patrick Berg

| Non-Inscrits |

12 / 96

|  | Alternative for Germany | 9  |

* Christine Anderson
* Gunnar Beck
* Markus Buchheit
* Nicolaus Fest
* Maximilian Krah
* Joachim Kuhs
* Sylvia Limmer
* Guido Reil
* Bernhard Zimniok

| Die PARTEI | 1  |

* Martin Sonneborn

| Independents | 2  |

* Martin Buschmann
* Jörg Meuthen

Total | 96  |
Source: European Parliament

## Parties campaigning for election

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Ballot paper for the European Election in Hesse

Political parties and other political associations may submit lists for the European elections. The lists must be submitted by the 83rd day before the election. Nationwide lists must be signed by 4,000 eligible voters, state lists by 1 per thousand, but not more than 2,000 eligible voters of the respective state (section 9 (5) EuWG). Parties that have been represented in the Bundestag, a regional parliament or the European Parliament with at least five members since its last election are exempt from the obligation to submit supporting signatures. These are (sorted by election results 2019):

Party  | European Party  | Group  | 2019 result  | Top candidate

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| CDU/CSU | EPP | EPP | 28.9%  | Manfred Weber
| Greens | EGP | Greens/EFA | 20.5%  | Terry Reintke, Sergey Lagodinsky
| SPD | PES | S&D | 15.8%  | Katarina Barley
| AfD | ID | ID | 11.0%  | Maximilian Krah
| Left | PEL | GUE/NGL | 5.5%  | Martin Schirdewan, Carola Rackete
| FDP | ALDE | Renew | 5.4%  | Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
| FW[a] | EDP | Renew | 2.2%  | Christine Singer
| Alliance Germany[b] | –  | ECR | –  | Lars Patrick Berg

The following other parties are currently represented in the European Parliament with one MEP each:

Party  | European Party  | Group  | 2019 result  | Top candidate

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| PARTEI | –  | Non-inscrits | 2.4%  | Martin Sonneborn, Sibylle Berg
| ÖDP | –  | Greens/EFA | 1.0%  | Manuela Ripa
| Family Party | ECPM | EPP | 0.7%  | Helmut Geuking
| Volt | Volt | Greens/EFA | 0.7%  | Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl[11]
| Pirates | PPEU | Greens/EFA | 0.7%  | Anja Hirschel[12]

The federal lists of the following other parties and political associations were accepted:[13]

Party  | European Party/Organization  | 2019 result  | Top candidate  | Note

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| Human Environment Animal Protection Party | Animal Politics EU | 1.45%  | Sebastian Everding[14] |
| MERA25[15] | DiEM25 | 0.35%  | Karin De Rigo, Johannes Fehr  | 2019 as DiEM25
| The Homeland | APF | 0.27%  | Udo Voigt[16] | formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
| Action Party for Animal Welfare | –  | 0.27%  | Cornelia Keisel  |
| Party for Biomedical Rejuvenation Research | –  | 0.19%  | Felix Werth  | formerly Party for Health Research
| Alliance for Innovation and Justice | FPP | 0.18%  | Haluk Yildiz  |
| Alliance C – Christians for Germany | ECPM | 0.18%  | Karin Heepen  |
| Party of Humanists | –  | 0.17%  | Sascha Boelcke[17] |
| Human World | –  | 0.09%  | Dominik Laur[18] |
| German Communist Party | –  | 0.05%  | Patrik Köbele[19] |
| Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany[20] | ICOR  | 0.05%  | Monika Gärtner-Engel  |
| Socialist Equality Party | ICFI | 0.01%  | Christoph Vandreier[21] |
| Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance | –  | did not exist | Fabio De Masi[22] |
| Action Citizens for Justice | –  | did not exist | Loreen Bermuske[23] |
| Climate List Germany | –  | did not exist | Verena Hofmann[24] |
| Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening[25] | UID | did not exist | Fatih Zingal  |
| Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany | –  | did not exist | Ellèn Hölzer[26] |
| Last Generation | –  | did not exist | Lina Johnsen[27] |
| Party of Reason | EPIL | did not run | Dirk Hesse[28] |
| Party of Progress | –  | did not exist | Lukas Sieper[citation needed] |
| V-Partei3 | –  | did not run | Simon Klopstock[29] |

## Controversies

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### Attacks on election campaigners

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In the last week of April 2024, campaign workers from the Greens, Volt and Left Party were attacked and in some cases injured while putting up posters.[30]

On 3 May 2024, Matthias Ecke (SPD) was attacked while putting up posters for the 2024 European elections in Dresden. He suffered a fracture to his eye socket and had to undergo surgery.[31] State security took over the investigation, as it was assumed that the attack was politically motivated.[32][33] Shortly before this, a campaign worker for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen had already been attacked at the same location while putting up posters.[33] On 5 May, a 17-year-old turned himself in and admitted to the attack on Ecke.[31] The three other suspects were then also identified.[34] After the incident in Dresden, the alliances "Zusammen gegen Rechts" and "Wir sind die Brandmauer Dresden" called for demonstrations in Dresden and Berlin on 5 May 2024.[35] In Dresden, 3,000 participants gathered to show solidarity after the attack; the demonstration was held under the slogan "Violence has no place in our democracy".[36]

On 4 May 2024, Holger Kühnlenz, an AfD member of the Lower Saxony state parliament, was pelted with eggs in Nordhorn and punched in the face.[37][38] In addition, an AfD election campaign stand in Dresden was damaged.[39]

On 5 June 2024, Heinrich Koch, an AfD local council candidate was stabbed in Mannheim when "confronting poster vandals."[40] Another knife-related attack took place in Mannheim a few days earlier.

### AfD leadership change

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In a May 2024 interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Maximilian Krah, up to then leader of the AfD EP election candidates and already under pressure due to his EP office assistant being suspected of spying for China, argued that not all members of the Waffen-SS should be judged as criminals, citing the example of Günter Grass, a Nobel Prize winner for literature and former member of the Waffen-SS, and added “I would never say that anyone who wore an SS uniform was automatically a criminal. Among the 900,000 SS, there were also many peasants: there was certainly a high percentage of criminals, but not only that”.[41][42] The interview was said to have caused a further decline in already strained relations between the AfD and the French National Rally who both sat within the Identity and Democracy group. In response to Krah's statements and allegations of Chinese influence on the AfD, members of the National Rally followed by Italy's Lega and the Danish People's Party announced they would part ways with the AfD and cease formal collaboration with the party after the 2024 European Parliament election.[43][44]

After the EP election, the newly elected AfD MEPs chose René Aust as head of the AfD's delegation to the European Parliament. Maximilian Krah was not a part of the EP group. He successfully campaigned for a seat in the German parliament snap election.

## Opinion polling

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See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

### Federal level

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Polling firm  | Fieldwork date  | Sample
size  | Union
EPP | Grüne
G/EFA | SPD
S&D | AfD
NI | Linke
Left | FDP
Renew | PARTEI
NI | FW
Renew | Tiersch.
Left | ÖDP
G/EFA | FAM
EPP | Volt
G/EFA | PIRAT
G/EFA | BSW
NI | Others  | Lead

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Wahlkreisprognose | 6–7 Jun 2024  | 1,000  | 30 | 13.5  | 12.5  | 15.5  | 2.5  | 4.5  | —  | 2.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7.5  | 11.5  | 14.5
Wahlkreisprognose | 4–6 Jun 2024  | 1,300  | 31 | 14.5  | 14.5  | 14  | 2.5  | 4  | —  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6.5  | 11  | 16.5
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5–6 Jun 2024  | 1,223  | 30 | 14  | 14  | 14  | 3  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 3  | —  | 7  | 13  | 16
Ipsos | 29 May–5 Jun 2024  | 2,000  | 30 | 15  | 15  | 14  | 3  | 5  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 8  | 15
Wahlkreisprognose | 27 May – 1 Jun 2024  | 2,000  | 30.5 | 15  | 13.5  | 15  | 3  | 4  | 1.5  | 2.5  | 1.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 7.5  | 15.5
INSA | 30–31 May 2024  | 1,001  | 29 | 13  | 14  | 16  | 3  | 4  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 11  | 13
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 27–29 May 2024  | 1,197  | 30 | 15  | 14  | 14  | 4  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 13  | 15
Infratest dimap | 27–29 May 2024  | 1,515  | 29 | 14  | 15  | 14  | 3  | 4  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 12  | 14
INSA | 23–24 May 2024  | 1,002  | 30 | 13  | 14  | 17  | 3  | 4  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 9  | 13
Wahlkreisprognose | 13–21 May 2024  | 2,600  | 31 | 15  | 12.5  | 16  | 3  | 3.5  | 1.5  | 2.5  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6.5  | 6.5  | 15
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 14–16 May 2024  | 1,247  | 31 | 15  | 14  | 15  | 3  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 5  | 13  | 16
INSA | 10–13 May 2024  | 2,100  | 29 | 13  | 15.5  | 17  | 4  | 4  | —  | 3  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 5.5  | 12
YouGov | 3–8 May 2024  | 1,247  | 29 | 15  | 16  | 20  | 4  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 6  | 9
Infratest dimap | 29–30 Apr 2024  | 1,323  | 30 | 15  | 14  | 15  | —  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 15  | 15
INSA | 25–26 Apr 2024  | 1,202  | 29 | 13  | 16  | 17  | 4  | 4  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 7  | 12
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 23–25 Apr 2024  | 1,228  | 30 | 17  | 15  | 15  | 3  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 4  | 13  | 13
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 9–11 Apr 2024  | 1,254  | 30 | 15  | 16  | 16  | 3  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 5  | 12  | 14
INSA | 5–8 Apr 2024  | 2,100  | 28.5 | 11.5  | 16.5  | 19  | 4  | 5  | —  | 3  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 4  | 9.5
Ipsos | 23 Feb–02 Mar 2024  | 2,613  | 29 | 16  | 17  | 16  | 4  | 4  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 4  | 12
Forsa | 12–13 Mar 2024  | 1,008  | 34 | 14  | 16  | 15  | 2  | 3  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 4  | 9  | 18
INSA | 8–11 Mar 2024  | 2,100  | 28.5 | 11  | 16  | 20  | 4.5  | 6  | 1  | 2.5  | 2  | —  | 0.5  | 0.5  | 0.5  | 5.5  | 1.5  | 8.5
Ipsos | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024  | 2,613  | 29 | 16  | 17  | 16  | 4  | 4  | —  | 3  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 4[c] | 12
Wahlkreisprognose | 24–29 Feb 2024  | 1,900  | 31.5 | 16  | 12  | 16  | 2  | 3  | 1.5  | 3.5  | 2.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7.5  | 4.5  | 15.5
Stack Data Strategy | 17–22 Feb 2024  | 980  | 25.5 | 9.8  | 16.5  | 15.1  | 2.7  | 6.0  | 3.2  | 4.1  | 3.1  | —  | —  | 1.3  | 1.2  | 9.3  | 3.4  | 9.0
INSA | 8–12 Feb 2024  | 2,101  | 27 | 10.5  | 16  | 22  | 4.5  | 3  | 1  | 3.5  | 3  | —  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5.5  | 1.5  | 5
Portland | 24–31 Jan 2024  | 555  | 29 | 13  | 16  | 17  | 3  | 5  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 2  | 12
Wahlkreisprognose | 11–18 Jan 2024  | 1,440  | 28 | 13  | 9  | 23  | 3  | 4.5  | 1.5  | 5  | 1.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 4.5  | 5
Wahlkreisprognose | 1–7 Dec 2023  | 1,440  | 31 | 12  | 10  | 25  | 3  | 3  | 1.5  | 2.5  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 7  | 3  | 6
INSA | 31 Jul 2023  | 1,001  | 26 | 15  | 19  | 23  | 5  | 7  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | 3
Wahlkreisprognose | 7–14 Jul 2023  | 1,040  | 23 | 13.5  | 15  | 22  | 2.5  | 3.5  | 2  | 3  | 1.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 8.5  | 5.5  | 1
Wahlkreisprognose | 15–16 Dec 2022  | 1,100  | 22 | 21  | 21  | 18.5  | 3.5  | 3.5  | 2  | 3.5  | 2.5  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 2.5  | 1
Wahlkreisprognose | 24–26 Feb 2022  | 1,722  | 22  | 19.5  | 22.5 | 12.5  | 3  | 7.5  | 2.5  | 3  | 2  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 5.5  | 0.5
2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021  | –  | 24.2  | 14.7  | 25.7 | 10.4  | 4.9  | 11.4  | 1.0  | 2.4  | 1.5  | 0.2  | —  | 0.4  | 0.4  | —  | 2.9  | 1.6
2019 European election | 26 May 2019  | –  | 28.9 | 20.5  | 15.8  | 11.0  | 5.5  | 5.4  | 2.4  | 2.2  | 1.4  | 1.0  | 0.7  | 0.7  | 0.7  | —  | 3.8  | 8.4

### Regional polls

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#### Bavaria

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Polling firm  | Fieldwork date  | Sample
size  | CSU
EPP | Grüne
G/EFA | SPD
S&D | AfD
ID | FW
Renew | FDP
Renew | Linke
Left | BSW
NI | Others  | Lead

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GMS | 31 Jan – 5 Feb 2024  | 1,018  | 43 | 11  | 8  | 16  | 10  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 27
Infratest dimap | 11–15 Jan 2024  | 1,161  | 43 | 13  | 8  | 13  | 9  | –  | –  | 3  | 9  | 30
GMS | 27 Dec – 2 Jan 2024  | 1,002  | 42 | 13  | 7  | 17  | 10  | 3  | 1  | –  | 7  | 25
2023 state election | 8 Oct 2023  | –  | 37.0 | 14.4  | 8.4  | 14.6  | 15.8  | 3.0  | 1.5  | –  | 5.3  | 21.2
2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021  | –  | 31.7 | 14.1  | 18.0  | 9.0  | 7.5  | 10.5  | 2.8  | –  | 6.4  | 13.7
2019 European election | 26 May 2019  | –  | 40.7 | 19.1  | 9.3  | 8.5  | 5.3  | 3.4  | 2.4  | –  | 11.3  | 21.6

#### Eastern Germany

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Polling firm  | Fieldwork date  | Sample
size  | CDU
EPP | AfD
ID | Linke
Left | SPD
S&D | Grüne
G/EFA | FDP
Renew | BSW
NI | Others  | Lead

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INSA[d] | 8–12 Feb 2024  | –  | 17  | 32 | 7  | 12  | 9  | 2  | 9  | 12  | 15
2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021  | –  | 16.8  | 20.5  | 10.4  | 24.1 | 9.2  | 9.5  | –  | 9.5  | 3.6
2019 European election | 26 May 2019  | –  | 21.5 | 21.1  | 13.4  | 12.2  | 11.6  | 4.4  | –  | 15.8  | 0.4

#### Western Germany

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Polling firm  | Fieldwork date  | Sample
size  | Union
EPP | Grüne
G/EFA | SPD
S&D | AfD
ID | FDP
Renew | Linke
Left | BSW
NI | Others  | Lead

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INSA | 8–12 Feb 2024  | –  | 29 | 11  | 17  | 20  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 11  | 9
2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021  | –  | 25.6  | 15.9  | 26.1 | 8.2  | 11.9  | 3.7  | –  | 8.6  | 0.5
2019 European election | 26 May 2019  | –  | 30.5 | 22.5  | 16.6  | 8.6  | 5.6  | 3.8  | –  | 11.8  | 8.0

## Results

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Results of the election, showing vote strength by municipality

The larger map denotes the results by districts and cities, while the smaller shows results in 16 states, including three city-states.

CDU/CSU's results by state AfD's results by state SPD's results by state The Greens' results by state BSW's results by state FDP's results by state

Party or alliance| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| EPP| | Christian Democratic Union of Germany without CSU/Bavaria| 9,431,567| 23.70| 23| 0
| ESN| | Alternative for Germany| 6,324,008| 15.89| 15| +4
| S&D| | Social Democratic Party of Germany| 5,548,528| 13.94| 14| –2
| G/EFA| | Alliance 90/The Greens| 4,736,913| 11.90| 12| –9
| EPP| | Christian Social Union in Bavaria (Bavaria only)| 2,513,300| 6.32| 6| 0
| NI| | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance| 2,453,652| 6.17| 6| New
| RE| | Free Democratic Party| 2,060,457| 5.18| 5| 0
| GUE-NGL| | The Left| 1,091,268| 2.74| 3| –2
| RE| | Free Voters| 1,062,132| 2.67| 3| +1
| G/EFA| | Volt Germany| 1,023,161| 2.57| 3| +2
| NI| | Die PARTEI| 775,392| 1.95| 2| 0
| GUE-NGL| | Human Environment Animal Protection Party| 570,498| 1.43| 1| 0
| EPP| | Ecological Democratic Party| 257,968| 0.65| 1| 0
| EPP| | Family Party of Germany| 243,975| 0.61| 1| 0
| NI| | Party of Progress| 227,631| 0.57| 1| New
| G/EFA| | Pirate Party Germany| 186,773| 0.47| 0| –1
| NI| | Action Party for Animal Welfare| 173,443| 0.44| 0| 0
| ECR| | Bündnis Deutschland| 164,477| 0.41| 0| New
| NI| | Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening| 148,724| 0.37| 0| New
| NI| | MERA25 – United for European Independence| 118,616| 0.30| 0| 0
| NI| | Voice of the Last Generation| 104,340| 0.26| 0| New
| NI| | Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany| 99,502| 0.25| 0| New
| NI| | Party of Humanists| 82,275| 0.21| 0| 0
| NI| | Alliance C – Christians for Germany| 75,053| 0.19| 0| 0
| NI| | V-Partei³| 55,440| 0.14| 0| New
| NI| | Human World| 54,098| 0.14| 0| 0
| NI| | The Homeland| 41,006| 0.10| 0| 0
| NI| | Klimaliste Deutschland| 31,504| 0.08| 0| New
| NI| | Alliance for Innovation and Justice| 31,141| 0.08| 0| 0
| NI| | Party of Reason| 29,508| 0.07| 0| New
| NI| | Action Citizens for Justice| 26,506| 0.07| 0| New
| NI| | Party for Biomedical Rejuvenation Research| 18,935| 0.05| 0| 0
| NI| | German Communist Party| 14,945| 0.04| 0| 0
| NI| | Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany| 13,553| 0.03| 0| 0
| NI| | Socialist Equality Party, Fourth International| 5,923| 0.01| 0| 0
Total| 39,796,212| 100.00| 96| 0
Valid votes| 39,796,212| 99.17|
Invalid/blank votes| 332,136| 0.83|
Total votes| 40,128,348| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 61,779,636| 64.95|
Source: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

### Results by state

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The AfD and the BSW overperformed drastically in the former East Germany,[45] except for Berlin,[e] where the Greens secured the first place, albeit with 8.2% less than in 2019.[46] Overall, the AfD got the highest vote totals in all five former East German states, while the Union secured pluralities in all eight non-city-states to the west of the former border. In addition to Berlin, the Greens also maintained a plurality in the port city-state of Hamburg, though at a 9.9 percentage points lower level than in 2019, while the SPD came first in Bremen, though with 3% less of the vote than in 2019.[4]

AfD's swing by state:

+0% to +2.5%

+2.5% to +5%

+5% to +7.5%

+7.5% to +10%

+10% or more

Results for each party by state:[47]

State | Union
EPP | AfD
ID | SPD
S&D | Grüne
G/EFA | BSW
NI | FDP
Renew | Linke
Left | FW
Renew | Volt
G/EFA | Others

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Baden-Württemberg | 32.0 | 14.7  | 11.6  | 13.8  | 4.5  | 6.8  | 1.9  | 3.8  | 2.5  | 8.4
Bavaria | 39.7 | 12.6  | 8.9  | 11.8  | 3.8  | 3.9  | 1.4  | 6.8  | 2.4  | 8.7
Berlin[f] | 17.6  | 11.6  | 13.2  | 19.6 | 8.7  | 4.3  | 7.3  | 0.5  | 4.8  | 12.4
Brandenburg[f] | 18.4  | 27.5 | 13.1  | 6.0  | 13.8  | 3.2  | 4.4  | 2.1  | 1.6  | 9.9
Bremen | 19.8  | 10.2  | 21.5 | 16.2  | 5.6  | 5.3  | 5.8  | 0.5  | 4.7  | 10.4
Hamburg | 18.4  | 8.0  | 18.7  | 21.2 | 4.9  | 7.0  | 5.1  | 0.5  | 5.9  | 10.3
Hesse | 30.0 | 13.6  | 16.4  | 12.9  | 4.4  | 6.3  | 2.5  | 2.0  | 3.3  | 8.6
Lower Saxony | 31.4 | 13.2  | 19.5  | 12.2  | 4.5  | 5.3  | 2.1  | 1.2  | 2.2  | 8.4
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[f] | 21.5  | 28.3 | 10.3  | 4.8  | 16.4  | 2.6  | 4.9  | 1.0  | 1.3  | 8.9
North Rhine-Westphalia | 31.2 | 12.6  | 17.2  | 13.5  | 4.4  | 6.3  | 2.1  | 0.7  | 2.8  | 9.2
Rhineland-Palatinate | 30.7 | 14.7  | 17.5  | 9.3  | 4.7  | 5.9  | 1.7  | 5.2  | 2.2  | 8.1
Saarland | 29.3 | 15.7  | 20.5  | 6.6  | 7.9  | 4.7  | 2.0  | 1.6  | 1.7  | 10.0
Saxony[f] | 21.8  | 31.8 | 6.9  | 5.9  | 12.6  | 2.4  | 4.9  | 2.4  | 1.8  | 9.5
Saxony-Anhalt[f] | 22.8  | 30.5 | 8.7  | 3.9  | 15.0  | 2.5  | 4.8  | 1.5  | 1.3  | 9.0
Schleswig-Holstein | 30.2 | 12.2  | 16.7  | 15.4  | 4.1  | 6.3  | 2.3  | 1.2  | 2.5  | 9.1
Thuringia[f] | 23.2  | 30.7 | 8.2  | 4.2  | 15.0  | 2.0  | 5.7  | 1.8  | 1.3  | 7.9

### Electorate

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Demographic  | Union
EPP | Grüne
G/EFA | SPD
S&D | AfD
ID | Linke
Left | FDP
Renew | BSW
NI | Other

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Total vote  | 30.0% | 11.9%  | 13.9%  | 15.9%  | 2.7%  | 5.2%  | 6.2%  | 14.2%
Sex
Men  | 30% | 11%  | 13%  | 19%  | 2%  | 6%  | 5%  | 14%
Women  | 30% | 13%  | 15%  | 12%  | 3%  | 5%  | 7%  | 15%
Age
16–24 years old  | 17%  | 11%  | 9%  | 16%  | 6%  | 7%  | 6%  | 28%
25–34 years old  | 19%  | 15%  | 9%  | 18%  | 4%  | 6%  | 5%  | 24%
35–44 years old  | 26% | 14%  | 10%  | 20%  | 2%  | 5%  | 5%  | 18%
45–59 years old  | 31% | 13%  | 13%  | 18%  | 2%  | 5%  | 6%  | 12%
60–69 years old  | 33% | 11%  | 18%  | 15%  | 2%  | 5%  | 7%  | 9%
70 and older  | 46% | 7%  | 23%  | 8%  | 2%  | 5%  | 6%  | 3%
Employment status
Self-employed  | 30% | 15%  | 9%  | 17%  | 2%  | 10%  | 6%  | 11%
Employees  | 29% | 13%  | 13%  | 15%  | 3%  | 5%  | 6%  | 16%
Workers  | 24%  | 6%  | 12%  | 33% | 3%  | 3%  | 6%  | 13%
Pensioners  | 41% | 8%  | 21%  | 11%  | 2%  | 5%  | 7%  | 5%
Education
Simple education  | 38% | 4%  | 18%  | 22%  | 2%  | 2%  | 3%  | 11%
Medium education  | 31% | 6%  | 13%  | 23%  | 3%  | 4%  | 7%  | 13%
High education  | 27% | 18%  | 13%  | 10%  | 3%  | 7%  | 6%  | 16%
Source: Infratest dimap[48]

* CDU/CSU vote

* AfD vote

* SPD vote

* Green vote

* BSW vote

* FDP vote

* Linke vote

* FW vote

* Volt vote

* PARTEI vote

* APP vote

* ÖDP vote

## Notes

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1. ^ The Free Voters are in the regional parliament of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate
2. ^ Alliance Germany is represented in Bremen's parliament through its merger with Citizens in Rage
3. ^ Die Partei has 2 seats, Tierschutz has one seat.
4. ^ Including Berlin
5. ^ During the Cold War, Berlin was divided: its western half was a part of West Germany, while the eastern part was the capital of East Germany
6. ^ a b c d e f formerly part of East Germany

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