Facts - The Bundestag at a glance - Deutscher Bundestag

German Bundestag – 17th electoral term
The election of the German Bundestag
for its 17th electoral term on 29 September
2009 altered the composition of
Parliament. The CDU and CSU parties,
which traditionally form a single
parliamentary group, won 239 seats and
the SPD won 146. The FDP became the
third-largest group in the Bundestag,
having secured 93 seats. A total of 76
seats went to The Left Party and 68 to
Alliance 90/The Greens. The CDU/CSU
and the FDP formed a new governing
coalition to succeed the Grand Coalition
of CDU/CSU and SPD that had been in
government during the 16th term. On
28 October 2009, the Bundestag reelected
Angela Merkel (CDU/CSU) to
the office of Federal Chancellor.
Of the 620 Members of the Bundestag
at present, about 32% are newcomers,
while 420 had previously served in the
Bundestag. The average age at the start
of the electoral term was about 50. The
age range covers several generations:
the youngest Member, Florian Bernschneider
of the FDP group, who was born
in 1986, is all of 51 years younger than