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| election_name = Election for the 5th German Federal Diet<ref name='btw1965'/> |
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| country = Germany |
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| type = parliamentary |
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| vote_type = Popular <!-- default --> |
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| ongoing = no |
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| previous_election = West German federal election, 1961 |
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| previous_year = 1961 |
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| previous_mps = |
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| election_date = {{Start date|1961|09|17}}<ref name='btw1965'> {{cite web | url = http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/fruehere_bundestagswahlen/btw1965.html | title = Wahl zum 5. Deutschen Bundestag am 19. September 1965 | accessdate = 2012-05-06 | publisher = [[Bundeswahlleiter]] | language = German}}</ref> |
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| elected_mps = |
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| next_election = West German federal election, 1969 |
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| next_year = 1969 |
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| next_mps = |
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| seats_for_election= All 518 seats in the [[Bundestag]] |
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| majority_seats = 260 |
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| opinion_polls = |
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| turnout = 86.8% |
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| image1 = [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F015320-0010, Ludwig Erhard.jpg|150x150px]] |
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| leader1 = [[Ludwig Erhard]] |
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| party1 = CDU/CSU |
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| leader_since1 = |
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| leaders_seat1 = |
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| last_election1 = |
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| seats_before1 = 251 |
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| seats1 = 251 |
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| seat_change1 = {{steady}}0 |
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| popular_vote1 = 15,524,068 |
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| percentage1 = 47.6% |
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| swing1 = {{increase}}2.2% |
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| image2 = [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F057884-0009, Willy Brandt.jpg|150x150px]] |
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| leader2 = [[Willy Brandt]] |
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| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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| leader_since2 = |
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| leaders_seat2 = |
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| last_election2 = |
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| seats_before2 = 203 |
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| seats2 = 217 |
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| seat_change2 = {{increase}}15 |
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| popular_vote2 = 12,813,186 |
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| percentage2 = 39.3% |
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| swing2 = {{increase}}3.1% |
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| leader3 = |
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| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
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| leader_since3 = |
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| leaders_seat3 = |
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| last_election3 = |
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| seats_before3 = 67 |
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| seats3 = 50 |
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| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}17 |
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| popular_vote3 = 3,096,739 |
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| percentage3 = 9.5% |
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| swing3 = {{decrease}}3.3% |
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| title = [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]] |
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| posttitle = |
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| before_election = [[Ludwig Erhard]] |
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| before_party = CDU/CSU |
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| after_election = [[Ludwig Erhard]] |
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| after_party = CDU/CSU |
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}} |
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[[Image:1965 federal german result.svg|thumbnail|320px|Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black]] |
[[Image:1965 federal german result.svg|thumbnail|320px|Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black]] |
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==Campaign== |
==Campaign== |
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Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending.<ref>Erling Bjöl |
Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending.<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Bjöl | first1 = Erling | authorlink1 = Erling Bjöl | title = Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West | chapter = Erhard's Victory and Fall | pages = 339}}</ref><ref> {{cite book | last1 = Bark | first1 = Dennis L. | authorlink1 = Dennis L. Bark | last2 = Gress | first2 = David R. | authorlink2 = David R. Gress | title = A History of West Germany, volume 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988 | publisher = Basil Blackwell | year = 1989 | location = London, UK}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 September 1965. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Bundestag, winning 217 of the 518 seats.
Campaign
Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was initially popular as the acclaimed "father" of West Germany's economic miracle of the 1950s and early 1960s. West Germany's economy still seemed solid in 1965, and thus not enough West German voters wanted to change the party of Federal Chancellor. To ensure his victory in this Bundestag election, Erhard promised to cut income tax and to increase social program spending.[2][3]
Results
Party | Constituency | PR | Seats | +/– | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Social Democratic Party | 12,998,474 | 40.1 | 12,813,186 | 39.3 | 217 | +14 | |
Christian Democratic Union | 12,631,319 | 38.9 | 12,387,562 | 38.0 | 202 | +1 | |
Christian Social Union | 3,204,648 | 9.9 | 3,136,506 | 9.6 | 49 | –1 | |
Free Democratic Party | 2,562,294 | 7.9 | 3,096,739 | 9.5 | 50 | –17 | |
National Democratic Party | 587,216 | 1.8 | 664,193 | 2.0 | 0 | New | |
German Peace Union | 386,900 | 1.2 | 434,182 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Action Community of Independent Germans | 46,146 | 0.1 | 52,637 | 0.2 | 0 | New | |
Christian People's Party | 11,978 | 0.0 | 19,832 | 0.1 | 0 | New | |
Free Social Union | 6,287 | 0.0 | 10,631 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |
Independent Workers' Party | 1,127 | 0.0 | 3,959 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |
European Federalist Party | – | – | 1,015 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |
Electoral groups and independents | 660 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 979,158 | – | 795,765 | – | – | – | |
Total | 33,416,207 | 100 | 33,416,207 | 100 | 518 | –3 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 38,510,395 | 86.8 | 38,510,395 | 86.8 | – | – | |
Source: Federal Returning Officer |
Aftermath
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Ludwig Erhard as Chancellor. In 1966, the FDP left the coalition over budget issues, and Erhard resigned. Kurt Georg Kiesinger (also CDU) formed a new grand coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD which lasted until the next election.
References
- ^ a b "Wahl zum 5. Deutschen Bundestag am 19. September 1965" (in German). Bundeswahlleiter. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ Bjöl, Erling. "Erhard's Victory and Fall". Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West. p. 339.
- ^ Bark, Dennis L.; Gress, David R. (1989). A History of West Germany, volume 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988. London, UK: Basil Blackwell.