1972 West German federal election
19 November 1972
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All 496 seats in the Bundestag 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 41,446,302 ( 7.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 91.1% ( 4.4 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows party list winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A federal election was held in West Germany on 19 November 1972 to elect the members of the seventh Bundestag. In the first snap elections since the resumption of democratic elections in 1949, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 230 of the 496 seats. The SPD's Willy Brandt remained chancellor after resuming his coalition government with the Free Democratic Party.