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Freie Demokratische Partei

Germany

Party Active

Freie Demokratische Partei

Abbreviation
FDP
Founded
1948
Official · und
Freie Demokratische Partei

Power-role history

Coalition

Dec 8, 2021

Coalition

Oct 28, 2009

Coalition

Nov 17, 1994 — Oct 27, 1998

Coalition

Jan 18, 1991 — Nov 17, 1994

Coalition

Mar 11, 1987 — Jan 18, 1991

Coalition

Mar 30, 1983 — Mar 12, 1987

Coalition

Oct 1, 1982 — Mar 30, 1983

Coalition

Nov 5, 1980 — Sep 17, 1982

Coalition

Dec 15, 1976 — Nov 5, 1980

Coalition

May 16, 1974 — Dec 15, 1976

Coalition

Dec 15, 1972 — May 6, 1974

Coalition

Oct 22, 1969 — Nov 19, 1972

Coalition

Oct 26, 1965 — Nov 8, 1966

Coalition

Oct 16, 1963 — Sep 19, 1965

Coalition

Nov 14, 1961 — Oct 11, 1963

Coalition

Jul 15, 1955 — Feb 23, 1956

Coalition

Oct 20, 1953 — Jul 15, 1955

Coalition

Sep 20, 1949 — Sep 6, 1953

Party lineage

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Freie Demokratische Partei

Dataset coverage period
1948–—
Party Facts reference percentage
14.6% · 2009
Original value
14.6
ISO alpha-3
DEU
Party Facts ID
573
Reference names
FDP · Free Democratic Party
Created in source
Dec 29, 2012
Updated
Mar 29, 2019
Wikipedia referenceParty FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Liberal

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

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

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Party significance

Partial

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

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Candidacy

Independent media clusters

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

Stale

The available record is stale; no current value is published.

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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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Electoral history

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2021-09-26 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
5,319,952
Seats
92
Original value
11.46
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share11.5%

Germany — European Parliament — 2019-05-26 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,028,594
Seats
5
Original value
5.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share5.4%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2017-09-24 · Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei)

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,999,449
Seats
80
Original value
10.70
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share10.7%

Germany — European Parliament — 2014-05-25 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
986,841
Seats
3
Original value
3.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share3.4%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2013-09-22 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,083,533
Seats
0
Original value
4.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share4.8%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1983-03-06 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,706,942
Seats
34
Original value
7.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share7.0%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2002-09-22 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,538,815
Seats
47
Original value
7.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share7.4%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2009-09-27 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
6,316,080
Seats
93
Original value
14.60
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share14.6%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1980-10-05 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,030,999
Seats
53
Original value
10.60
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share10.6%

Germany — European Parliament — 1979-06-10 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,662,621
Seats
4
Original value
6.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share6.0%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1998-09-27 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,080,955
Seats
43
Original value
6.20
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share6.2%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1994-10-16 · F.D.P.

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,258,407
Seats
47
Original value
6.90
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share6.9%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1965-09-19 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,096,739
Seats
49
Original value
9.50
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share9.5%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1976-10-03 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,995,085
Seats
39
Original value
7.90
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share7.9%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1987-01-25 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,440,911
Seats
46
Original value
9.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share9.1%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1953-09-06 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,629,163
Seats
48
Original value
9.50
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share9.5%

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
Published share7.7%

Germany — European Parliament — 1989-06-18 · Free Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,576,715
Seats
4
Original value
5.60
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share5.6%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1961-09-17 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,028,766
Seats
67
Original value
12.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share12.8%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1972-11-19 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,129,982
Seats
41
Original value
8.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share8.4%

Germany — European Parliament — 1984-06-17 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,192,624
Seats
0
Original value
4.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share4.8%

Germany — European Parliament — 2004-06-13 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,565,431
Seats
7
Original value
6.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share6.1%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 2005-09-18 · Freie Demokratische Partei -- fdp

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,648,144
Seats
61
Original value
9.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share9.8%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1990-12-02 · F.D.P.

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
5,123,233
Seats
79
Original value
11.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share11.1%

Germany — European Parliament — 1994-06-12 · Free Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,442,857
Seats
0
Original value
4.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share4.1%

Germany — European Parliament — 2009-06-07 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,888,084
Seats
12
Original value
11.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share11.0%

Germany — European Parliament — 1999-06-13 · Free Democratic Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
820,371
Seats
0
Original value
3.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share3.0%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1969-09-28 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,903,422
Seats
30
Original value
5.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share5.8%

Germany — Parliamentary election — 1949-08-14 · FDP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,829,920
Seats
52
Original value
11.90
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share11.9%

Sources

4

  1. 1Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026