 | Federal Republic of Germany |  |
Elections to the II. Bundestag
6 September 1953
Registered voters: 33.1 million. Turnout: 86.0 %
| % | Σ | ± | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Communist Party of Germany Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands | KPD | 2.2% | 0 | -15 |
 |  | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | SPD | 28.8% | 151 | +20 |
 |  | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | FDP | 9.5% | 48 | -4 |
 |  | Economic Reconstruction Union Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung | WAV | – | 0 | -12 |
 |  | Danish minority Südschleswiger Wählerverband | SSW | 0.2% | 0 | -1 |
 | Independents | – | 0 | -3 | ||
 |  | Zentrumspartei Centre Party | Z | 0.8% | 3 | -7 |
| |  | Bavaria Party Bayernpartei | BP | 1.7% | 0 | -17 |
 |  | Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | CDU | 36.4% | 191 | +76 |
| |  | Christian Social Union Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern | CSU | 8.8% | 52 | +28 |
 |  | All-German Bloc Gesamtdeutscher Block | GB/BHE | 5.9% | 27 | +27 |
|  | German Party Deutsche Partei | DP | 3.3% | 15 | -2 |
 |  | German Imperial Party Deutsche Reichspartei | DRP | 1.1% | 0 | -5 |
| 487 | +85 |
Cabinets
- Adenauer II (CDU, CSU, FDP, GB/BHE, DP)
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