List of parties in the German Bundestag

The list of parties in the German Bundestag contains all parties that were ever represented in the German Bundestag . Parties currently represented in the Bundestag are shown in bold.

Parties elected in parliamentary groups in the Bundestag

• Christian Democratic Union of Germany (since 1949)
• Christian Social Union in Bavaria (since 1949)
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (since 1949)
• Free Democratic Party (1949–2013 and from 2017), also as DVP / BDV / DPS
• The Greens (since 1983), since 1993 Alliance 90 / The Greens (with parliamentary groups 1983–1990 and since 1994)
• Party of Democratic Socialism (since 1990, with parliamentary groups 1998–2002 and since 2005), since 2007 Die Linke
• Alternative for Germany (from 2017)
• Bavaria Party (1949–1953)
• German Party (1949–1961), 1961 as the All-German Party
• Communist Party of Germany (1949–1953)
• Economic Development Association (1949–1953)
• German Center Party (1949–1953, 1953–1957 two MPs)
• Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised , later the all-German bloc / Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised (1950–1953 through convertions, 1953–1957 in faction strength)

Other parties with elected representatives in the Bundestag

• German Conservative Party - German Right Party , from 1950 German Reich Party (1949–1953)
• South Schleswig Association of Voters (1949–1953)
• Bündnis 90 (1991–1993), elected in 1990 on the “Bündnis 90 / Greens - Citizens Movement” list, 1993 merged to become Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen

Parties with mandates through electoral alliances

The following parties were elected to the Bundestag by one or more party members running on the list of another party:

• National Democratic Party (1949 on the state list of the FDP Hessen; 1950 merger with DKP / DRP to form the German Reich Party)
• Christian People's Party of the Saarland (1957 as CSU in Saarland; 1959 merger with CDU)
• German Union (1972 on the CSU state list; MP transferred to the CSU in 1974)
• Work & Social Justice - Die Wahlalternative (2005 on the lists of the Left Party; 2007 merger with Die Linkspartei.PDS to Die Linke)

Mandates obtained through secondment

From 1949 the members of the Bundestag West Berlin were not directly elected, but appointed by the Berlin House of Representatives . After reunification , 144 members of the People's Chamber of the GDR were sent to the Bundestag until the 1990 Bundestag election.

• Free German People's Party (from West Berlin 1957/58)
• Alternative list for democracy and environmental protection (from West Berlin 1983–1990)
• German Social Union (from Volkskammer 1990)

Parties represented by transfer in the Bundestag

The following parties were or are represented in the Bundestag with one or more members of the Bundestag joining the party:

• Socialist Reich Party (1949–1952)
• German Community (1950–1953)
• All-German People's Party (1951–1953)
• National Reich Party (1952/53)
• Free People's Party (1956/57)
• German Peace Union (1961)
• National Liberal Action (1970/71)
• Green Action Future (1978-80)
• Democratic Socialists (1982/83)
• The Republicans (1983-87, 1993/94)
• The Grays (1989/90)
• Free Citizens Union (1994)
• Pirate Party Germany (2009)
• The blue party (2017-2019)

See also

• Parliamentary groups in the German Bundestag
• History of the parties in Germany
• List of political parties in Germany
• List of parties in German state parliaments
• List of historical political parties in Germany
• Political party
• Political parties in Germany

literature

• Peter Schindler: Data Handbook on the History of the German Bundestag 1949 to 1999: Complete edition in three volumes . Nomos, 1999.