 | Federal Republic of Germany |  |
Elections to the IV. Bundestag
17 September 1961
Registered voters: 37.4 million. Turnout: 87.7 %
| % | Σ | ± | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | SPD | 36.2% | 190 | +21 |
 |  | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | FDP | 12.8% | 67 | +26 |
 |  | Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | CDU | 35.8% | 192 | -23 |
| |  | Christian Social Union Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern | CSU | 9.6% | 50 | -5 |
 |  | All-German Party Gesamtdeutsche Partei | GDP | 2.6% | 0 | -17 |
| 499 | +2 |
Cabinets
- Adenauer IV (CDU, CSU, FDP)
- Erhard I (CDU, CSU, FDP)
Elections in Germany
North German Confederation: 1867 l 1867 (August)
German Empire (Kaiser): 1871 l 1874 l 1877 l 1878 l 1881 l 1884 l 1887 l 1890 l 1893 l 1898 l 1903 l 1907 l 1912
German Empire (Weimar): 1919 l 1920 l 1924 (May) l 1924 (December) l 1928 l 1930 l 1932 (July) l 1932 (November)
German Empire (Hitler): 1933 (March) l 1933 (November) l 1936 l 1938
German Democratic Republic: 1950 l 1954 l 1958 l 1963 l 1967 l 1971 l 1976 l 1981 l 1986 l 1990
Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn): 1949 l 1953 l 1957 l 1961 l 1965 l 1969 l 1972 l 1976 l 1980 l 1983 l 1987
Federal Republic of Germany (Berlin): 1990 l 1994 l 1998 l 2002 l 2005 l 2009 l 2013 l 2017 l 2021 l 2025