Template:German federal election, 2008

'Summary of the 19 October 2008 German Federal Diet (Bundestag)'' election results !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 colspan="2" valign=top| Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="5"| Constituency !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="5"| Party list !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="5"| Total seats ! Votes ! % ! +/− ! Seats ! +/− ! Votes ! % ! +/− ! Seats ! +/− ! Total ! +/− ! % ! !align=left| Totals
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 * align=left| Christian Democratic Union
 * 15,390,950
 * 32.6
 * +0.6
 * 106
 * +24
 * 13,136,740
 * 27.8
 * –1.7
 * 74
 * –34
 * 180
 * –10
 * 29.3
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 * align=left| Christian Social Union of Bavaria
 * 3,889,990
 * 8.2
 * –0.8
 * 44
 * +1
 * 3,494,309
 * 7.4
 * –1.6
 * 2
 * –13
 * 46
 * –12
 * 7.5
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 * align=left| Social Democratic Party of Germany
 * 18,129,100
 * 38.4
 * –3.5
 * 145
 * –26
 * 16,194,665
 * 34.2
 * –4.3
 * 77
 * –3
 * 222
 * –29
 * 36.2
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 * align=left| Free Democratic Party
 * 2,208,531
 * 4.7
 * -1.1
 * 0
 * 0
 * 4,648,144
 * 9.8
 * +2.5
 * 61
 * +14
 * 61
 * +14
 * 9.9
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 * align=left| The Left Party.PDS
 * 3,764,168
 * 8.0
 * +3.7
 * 3
 * +1
 * 4,118,194
 * 8.7
 * +4.7
 * 51
 * +51
 * 54
 * +52
 * 8.8
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 * align=left| Alliance '90/The Greens
 * 2,538,913
 * 5.4
 * –0.2
 * 1
 * 0
 * 3,838,326
 * 8.1
 * –0.5
 * 50
 * –4
 * 51
 * –4
 * 8.3
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 * align=left| National Democratic Party of Germany
 * 857,777
 * 1.8
 * +1.6
 * 0
 * 0
 * 748,568
 * 1.6
 * +1.2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
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 * align=left| Other
 * 1,272,410
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 0
 * 1,857,610
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * - align=right
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * - align=right
 * - align=right
 * 47,194,062
 * 100
 * 299
 * 47,287,988
 * 100
 * 315
 * +11
 * 614
 * +11
 * 100
 * }
 * +11
 * 100
 * }

* The Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria call themselves sister parties. They do not operate in the same regions and form one group in the Bundestag.