1965 West German federal election
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All 496 seats in the Bundestag 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 38,510,395 2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 33,416,207 (86.8%) 0.9 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows party list winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 217 of the 518 seats (including 15 of the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin).