A federal election was held in West Germany on 6 September 1953 to elect the members of the second Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union emerged as the largest party.
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild F078072 0004, Konrad Adenauer
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 21272 0001, Erich Ollenhauer
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild P001512, Franz Blücher 3x 4
Waldemar Kraft 1953 3x 4
The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights was a right-wing political party in West Germany, which acted as an advocacy group for the Germans who had fled and been expelled from Ce
1953 West German federal election
…45.2% 28.8% 9.5% Swing 14.2 pp 0.4 pp 2.4 pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Candidate Waldemar Kraft Heinrich Hellwege Johannes Brockmann Party GB/BHE DP Centre Last election Did not exist 4.0%, 17 seats 3.1%, 10 seats Seats won 27 15 3 Seat change New party 2 7 Popular vote 1,616,953 896,128 217,078…
GB-BHE election poster from the 1957 West German federal election