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===List of elections=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Election ! Date ! Site ! Ballots ! Winner<br/>(endorsing parties){{efn|governing parties in bold}} ! Electoral votes<br/>(percentage) ! Runner-up<br/>(endorsing parties){{efn|governing parties in bold}} ! Electoral votes<br/>(percentage) |- | [[1949 West German presidential election|1st Federal Convention]] | 12 September 1949 | [[Bonn]] | 2 | [[Theodor Heuss]]<br/>('''[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]''', '''[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]''', '''[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]])''' | 416 (51.7%) | [[Kurt Schumacher]]<br/>([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) | 312 (38.8%) |- | [[1954 West German presidential election|2nd Federal Convention]] | 17 July 1954 | [[West Berlin]] | 1 | Theodor Heuss<br/>('''FDP''', '''CDU''', '''CSU''', SPD) | 871 (85.6%) | [[Alfred Weber]]<br/>([[Communist Party of Germany|KPD]]) | 12 (1.2%) |- | [[1959 West German presidential election|3rd Federal Convention]] | 1 July 1959 | West Berlin | 2 | [[Heinrich Lübke]]<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''') | 526 (50.7%) | [[Carlo Schmid (German politician)|Carlo Schmid]]<br/>(SPD) | 386 (37.2%) |- | [[1964 West German presidential election|4th Federal Convention]] | 1 July 1964 | West Berlin | 1 | Heinrich Lübke<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', SPD) | 710 (68.1%) | [[Ewald Bucher]]<br/>('''FDP''') | 123 (11.8%) |- | [[1969 West German presidential election|5th Federal Convention]] | 5 March 1969 | West Berlin | 3 | [[Gustav Heinemann]]<br/>('''SPD''', FDP) | 512 (49.4%) | [[Gerhard Schröder (CDU)|Gerhard Schröder]]<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', [[National Democratic Party of Germany|NPD]]) | 506 (48.8%) |- | [[1974 West German presidential election|6th Federal Convention]] | 15 May 1974 | Bonn | 1 | [[Walter Scheel]]<br/>('''FDP''', '''SPD''') | 530 (51.2%) | [[Richard von Weizsäcker]]<br/>(CDU, CSU) | 498 (48.1%) |- | [[1979 West German presidential election|7th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 1979 | Bonn | 1 | [[Karl Carstens]]<br/>(CDU, CSU) | 528 (51%) | [[Annemarie Renger]]<br/>('''SPD''') | 431 (41.6%) |- | [[1984 West German presidential election|8th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 1984 | Bonn | 1 | Richard von Weizsäcker<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', '''FDP''', SPD) | 832 (80%) | [[Luise Rinser]]<br/>([[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]) | 68 (6.5%) |- | [[1989 West German presidential election|9th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 1989 | Bonn | 1 | Richard von Weizsäcker<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', '''FDP''', SPD) | 881 (84.9%) | None | 108 (10.4%) no-votes |- | [[1994 German presidential election|10th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 1994 | [[Berlin]] | 3 | [[Roman Herzog]]<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''') | 696 (52.6%) | [[Johannes Rau]]<br/>(SPD) | 605 (45.7%) |- | [[1999 German presidential election|11th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 1999 | Berlin | 2 | Johannes Rau<br/>('''SPD''', '''Greens''') | 690 (51.6%) | [[Dagmar Schipanski]]<br/>(CDU, CSU) | 572 (42.8%) |- | [[2004 German presidential election|12th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 2004 | Berlin | 1 | [[Horst Köhler]]<br/>(CDU, CSU, FDP) | 604 (50.1%) | [[Gesine Schwan]]<br/>('''SPD''', '''Greens''') | 589 (48.9%) |- | [[2009 German presidential election|13th Federal Convention]] | 23 May 2009 | Berlin | 1 | Horst Köhler<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', FDP, [[Free Voters|FW]]) | 613 (50.1%) | Gesine Schwan<br/>('''SPD''', Greens) | 503 (41.1%) |- | [[2010 German presidential election|14th Federal Convention]] | 30 June 2010 | Berlin | 3 | [[Christian Wulff]]<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', '''FDP''') | 625 (50.2%) | [[Joachim Gauck]]<br/>(SPD, Greens) | 494 (39.7%) |- | [[2012 German presidential election|15th Federal Convention]] | 18 March 2012 | Berlin | 1 | Joachim Gauck<br/>('''CDU''', '''CSU''', '''FDP''', SPD, Greens, Free Voters, [[South Schleswig Voters' Association|SSW]]) | 991 (79.9%) | [[Beate Klarsfeld]]<br/>([[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]) | 126 (10.2%) |- | [[2017 German presidential election|16th Federal Convention]] | 12 February 2017 | Berlin | 1 | [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]]<br/>('''SPD''', '''CDU''', '''CSU''', Greens, FDP, SSW) | 931 (74.3%) | [[Christoph Butterwegge]]<br/>(The Left) | 128 (10.2%) |- | [[2022 German presidential election|17th Federal Convention]] | 13 February 2022 | Berlin | 1 | Frank-Walter Steinmeier<br/>('''SPD''', '''Greens''', ''' FDP''', CDU, CSU, SSW) | 1045 (72.7%) | [[Max Otte]]<br/>(AfD) | 140 (9.74%) |} {{Notelist}}
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