Editing Free Democratic Party (Germany) (section)

=== Federal parliament (''Bundestag'') ===
Below are charts of the results that the FDP has secured in each election to the federal [[Bundestag]]. Timelines showing the number of seats and percentage of party list votes won are on the right.
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Leader
! colspan=2| Constituency
! colspan=2| Party list
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/–
! rowspan=2| Status
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[1949 West German federal election|1949]]
| rowspan=2| [[Franz Blücher]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| 2,829,920
| 11.9 (#3)
| {{composition bar|52|410|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]}}
|-
! [[1953 West German federal election|1953]]
| 2,967,566
| 10.8 (#3)
| 2,629,163
| 9.5 (#3)
| {{composition bar|53|509|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]}}
|-
! [[1957 West German federal election|1957]]
| [[Reinhold Maier]]
| 2,276,234
| 7.5 (#4)
| 2,307,135
| 7.7 (#4)
| {{composition bar|43|519|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{no2|[[Third Adenauer cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[1961 West German federal election|1961]]
| rowspan=3| [[Erich Mende]]
| 3,866,269
| 12.1 (#3)
| 4,028,766
| 12.8 (#3)
| {{composition bar|67|521|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 24
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1965 West German federal election|1965]]
| rowspan=2| 2,562,294
| rowspan=2| 7.9 (#4)
| rowspan=2| 3,096,739
| rowspan=2| 9.5 (#4)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|50|518|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| rowspan=2| {{decrease}} 17
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP {{small|(1965–66)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|[[Kiesinger cabinet|Opposition]] {{small|(1966–69)}}}}
|-
! [[1969 West German federal election|1969]]
| rowspan=2| [[Walter Scheel]]
| 1,554,651
| 4.8 (#4)
| 1,903,422
| 5.8 (#4)
| {{composition bar|31|518|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 19
| {{yes2|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1972 West German federal election|1972]]
| 1,790,513
| 4.8 (#4)
| 3,129,982
| 8.4 (#4)
| {{composition bar|42|518|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 11
| {{yes2|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1976 West German federal election|1976]]
| rowspan=4| [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]
| 2,417,683
| 6.4 (#4)
| 2,995,085
| 7.9 (#4)
| {{composition bar|40|518|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–FDP}}
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1980 West German federal election|1980]]
| rowspan=2| 2,720,480
| rowspan=2| 7.2 (#4)
| rowspan=2| 4,030,999
| rowspan=2| 10.6 (#3)
| rowspan=2| {{composition bar|54|519|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| rowspan=2| {{increase}} 14
| {{yes2|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–FDP {{small|(1980–82)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP {{small|(1982–83)}}}}
|-
! [[1983 West German federal election|1983]]
| 1,087,918
| 2.8 (#5)
| 2,706,942
| 6.9 (#4)
| {{composition bar|35|520|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 19
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1987 West German federal election|1987]]
| [[Martin Bangemann]]
| 1,760,496
| 4.7 (#5)
| 3,440,911
| 9.1 (#4)
| {{composition bar|48|519|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 13
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1990 German federal election|1990]]
| [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]]
| 3,595,135
| 7.8 (#3)
| 5,123,233
| 11.0 (#3)
| {{composition bar|79|662|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 31
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1994 German federal election|1994]]
| [[Klaus Kinkel]]
| 1,558,185
| 3.3 (#6)
| 3,258,407
| 6.9 (#5)
| {{composition bar|47|672|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 32
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[1998 German federal election|1998]]
| [[Wolfgang Gerhardt]]
| 1,486,433
| 3.0 (#6)
| 3,080,955
| 6.2 (#5)
| {{composition bar|43|669|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|[[First Schröder cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[2002 German federal election|2002]]
| rowspan=3| [[Guido Westerwelle]]
| 2,752,796
| 5.8 (#4)
| 3,538,815
| 7.4 (#5)
| {{composition bar|47|603|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{no2|[[Second Schröder cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[2005 German federal election|2005]]
| 2,208,531
| 4.7 (#6)
| 4,648,144
| 9.8 (#3)
| {{composition bar|61|614|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 14
| {{no2|[[First Merkel cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[2009 German federal election|2009]]
| 4,076,496
| 9.4 (#4)
| 6,316,080
| 14.6 (#3)
| {{composition bar|93|622|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 32
| {{yes2|[[CDU/CSU]]–FDP}}
|-
! [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| [[Rainer Brüderle]]
| 1,028,645
| 2.4 (#6)
| 2,083,533
| 4.8 (#6)
| {{composition bar|0|631|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 93
| align=center style="background:#ddd;"| {{nowrap|No seats}}
|-
! [[2017 German federal election|2017]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Christian Lindner]]
| 3,249,238
| 7.0 (#7)
| 4,997,178
| 10.7 (#4)
| {{composition bar|80|709|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{increase}} 80
| {{no2|[[Fourth Merkel cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[2021 German federal election|2021]]
| rowspan="2" | 4,040,783
| rowspan="2" | 8.7 (#5)
| rowspan="2" | 5,316,698
| rowspan="2" | 11.4 (#4)
| rowspan="2" | {{composition bar|91|735|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 11
| {{yes2|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]–FDP {{small|(2021–24)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|[[Scholz cabinet|Opposition]] {{small|(2024–25)}}}}
|-
! [[2025 German federal election|2025]]
| 1,623,351
| 3.3 (#7)
| 2,148,878
| 4.3 (#7)
| {{composition bar|0|630|hex={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 91
| align=center style="background:#ddd;"| {{nowrap|No seats}}
|-
|}
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[[File:Guido Westerwelle & Michael Mronz.jpg|thumb|[[Guido Westerwelle]] (right) and his partner [[Michael Mronz]] in 2009]]