1957_West_German_federal_election

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 15 September 1957 to elect the third Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 277 seats in the Bundestag to win the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election. This was the first West German federal election to take place in the Saarland, which — as Saar protectorate — had been a separate entity under French control between 1946 and 1956.

1957_West_German_federal_election

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 15 September 1957 to elect the third Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 277 seats in the Bundestag to win the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election. This was the first West German federal election to take place in the Saarland, which — as Saar protectorate — had been a separate entity under French control between 1946 and 1956.