Name |
Ideology |
Leader(s) |
Foundation |
1974 result |
Votes (%) |
Seats |
|
CD |
CVP |
Christian People's Party Christliche Volkspartei |
Christian democracy |
Alfred Dregger |
1870 (as Zentrum) 1944 (current form) |
29.67% |
|
BVP |
Bavarian People's Party Bayerische Volkspartei |
Rudolf Hanauer |
4.16%[lower-alpha 1] |
ELVP |
People’s Party of Alsace-Lorraine Elsaß-Lothringische Volkspartei |
Erwin Feller |
1.51%[lower-alpha 2] |
RP |
Party of the Right Rechtspartei |
Pierre Werner |
0.25%[lower-alpha 3] |
|
SPD |
Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy |
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski Hans Matthöfer |
1863 (as ADAV) 1875 (current form) |
26.67% |
|
|
LVP |
Liberal People's Party Liberale Volkspartei |
Liberalism |
Heinz Alfred Kissinger |
1929 |
18.80% |
|
|
DB |
German Bloc Deutscher Block |
Conservatism |
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz |
1951 (merger of DkP, DVFP, BB, DHP) |
6.71% |
|
|
NLP |
New Liberal Platform Neue Liberale Plattform |
Classical liberalism |
Siegfried Zoglmann |
1867 (as National Liberals) 1971 (current form) |
3.31% |
|
|
ENBP |
Protestant-National Peasants' Party Evangelisch-Nationale Bauernpartei |
Christian conservatism Political Protestantism |
Gustav Heinemann (✝ 1976) Richard von Weizsäcker |
1950 (split from DkP) |
3.27% |
|
|
Polen |
Polish Party Polenpartei |
Polish regionalism Christian conservatism |
Aleksander Rozmiarek |
1871 |
2.03% |
|
|
SAP |
Saxon Workers' Party Sächsische Arbeiterpartei |
Saxon regionalism National socialism |
Gerhard Schill |
1938 (as ASPD) 1955 (current form) |
1.44% |
|
|
U |
Environmental Protection Group Gruppe Umweltschutz |
Environmentalism Social liberalism |
Rainer Trampert Holger Strohm |
1973 |
0.78% |
|
|
M |
Momentum Momentum |
Social democracy Social liberalism |
Herbert Schmalstieg Peter von Oertzen |
1973 (split from SPD) |
0.45% |
|
|
KAPD |
Communist Workers' Party (United) Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei (Vereinigte) |
Far-left politics Syndicalism |
Kurt Hager |
1920 (split from KPD) |
0.42% |
|
|
Rechte |
New Right Die Neue Rechte |
Right-wing German nationalism |
Adolf von Thadden |
1966 (split from DB) |
0.37% |
|
|
Dänen |
Schleswig Party Schleswigsche Partei |
Danish regionalism |
Karl Otto Meyer |
1871 (as Danish Party) 1951 (current form) |
0.12% |
|
|
UVU |
Independent People's Union Unabhängige Volksunion |
Far-right politics Savinkovism |
Friedhelm Busse |
1970 (split from Rechte and DB) |
0.02% |
|
|
PRL |
Party of the Revolutionary Left Partei der Revolutionären Linken |
Syndicalism Maximism |
Horst Mahler Joseph Martin Fischer |
1940 (split from KAPD) |
0.02% |
|
|
PDVK |
Party of German Veterans and War-Disabled Partei Deutscher Veteranen und Kriegsversehrter |
Veteran interests |
Franz Josef Jung |
1978 |
- |
Did not exist |
|
KAPD-SP |
Communist Workers' Party (Sanmin Principles) Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei (Sanmin-Prinzipien) |
Far-left politics Sanmin Doctrine |
Reinhard Bütikofer Ulla Schmidt |
1975 (split from KAPD) |
- |
Did not exist |