Germany · Completed

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15

Name: Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15
Start: 1957-09-15
Location: Germany

Sep 15, 1957

Elections

Stale

Jurisdiction: Germany
Next national election: Sep 15, 1957
Role: Parliamentary election · Legislative
Selection method: Other method
Status: Completed
Round: 1

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Contest rounds

Round 1 · Single round

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

CompletedSep 15, 1957

Published contest rules

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  "early": false,
  "electorate": 35400923,
  "source": "ParlGov",
  "sourceElectionId": 331,
  "sourceElectionType": "parliament",
  "totalSeats": 497,
  "validVotes": 29905428,
  "votesCast": 31072894
}

Candidates

Christian Democratic Union

Party

Affiliated party: Christian Democratic Union

Christlich Demokratische Union / Christlich Soziale Union

Party

Affiliated party: Christlich Demokratische Union / Christlich Soziale Union

Christlich Soziale Union

Party

Affiliated party: Christlich Soziale Union

Deutsche Partei

Party

Affiliated party: Deutsche Partei

Deutsche Reichspartei

Party

Affiliated party: Deutsche Reichspartei

Freie Demokratische Partei

Party

Affiliated party: Freie Demokratische Partei

Gesamtdeutscher Block / Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten

Party

Affiliated party: Gesamtdeutscher Block / Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten

Social Democratic Party of Germany

Party

Affiliated party: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

Election results

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · CSU

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 3,133,060
Seats: 53
Original value: 10.50
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · CDU

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,875,339
Seats: 217
Original value: 39.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · CDU/CSU

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 2,307,135
Seats: 41
Original value: 7.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · DRP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 308,564
Seats: 0
Original value: 1.00
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · DP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 1,007,282
Seats: 17
Original value: 3.40
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · GB/BHE

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 1,374,066
Seats: 0
Original value: 4.60
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1957-09-15 · SPD

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 9,495,571
Seats: 169
Original value: 31.80
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Signal

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Sources

1Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
2WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
3Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026