2002 German federal election

2002 German federal election
22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)
All 603 seats in the Bundestag
302 seats needed for a majority
Registered61,432,868 1.1%
Turnout48,582,761 (79.1%) 3.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gerhard Schröder Edmund Stoiber Joschka Fischer
Party SPD CDU/CSU Greens
Last election 40.9%, 298 seats 35.1%, 245 seats 6.7%, 47 seats
Seats won 251 248 55
Seat change 47 3 8
Popular vote 18,488,668 18,482,641 4,110,355
Percentage 38.5% 38.5% 8.6%
Swing 2.4 pp 3.4 pp 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Guido Westerwelle Gabi Zimmer
Party FDP PDS
Last election 6.2%, 43 seats 5.1%, 36 seats
Seats won 47 2
Seat change 4 34
Popular vote 3,538,815 1,916,702
Percentage 7.4% 4.0%
Swing 1.2 pp 1.1 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election

First Schröder cabinet
SPD–Green

 Government after election

Second Schröder cabinet
SPD–Greens

The 2002 German federal election was held in Germany on 22 September 2002 to elect the members of the 15th Bundestag. Incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's centre-left "red-green" governing coalition retained a narrow majority, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) retained their status as the largest party in the Bundestag by three seats.

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