How Germany’s 2024 European Parliament votes translated into seats

A national count for the German delegation

The CDU received 9,435,636 votes and won 23 seats. The AfD won 15 seats, the SPD 14 and the Greens 12. These are seats assigned from Germany, which accounts for 96 seats in the European Parliament. The other member states return their own delegations. Source 1 Source 2

The distribution uses a proportional divisor method

The Federal Returning Officer describes the allocation method as Sainte-Laguë/Schepers. The method uses party vote totals to allocate whole seats. Compare the official seat count and the published vote share side by side rather than multiplying a rounded percentage by 96. Source 2 Source 3 Source 1

Parties with similar shares can win the same number of seats

The CSU received 6.3% of valid votes and BSW received 6.2%. Each won six seats. At the lower end of the table, the parties listed with a 0.6% published share each won one seat. The reported share is rounded to one decimal place. Source 1

Read turnout and vote share with different denominators

The returning officer counted 40,114,939 voters, of whom 39,810,489 cast valid votes. The published turnout of 64.7% uses those entitled to vote as the denominator. The party shares use valid votes. Source 1

Sources

• Federal Returning Officer final Germany results
• Federal Returning Officer European election system
• Federal Returning Officer glossary on seat allocation