| Coding of Germany Party Vote Preference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party Name(s) | Party Number | Family | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1983 | 1984 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| Oct | Apr | Oct | Apr | Oct | Oct | Nov | Oct | Oct | Oct | Oct | Oct | Oct | |||||||||||||
| COMMUNIST PARTY<DKP> | 10 | Comm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY<SPD> | 20 | Soc | PM | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | ||||||||||
| FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTY<FDP> | 40 | FDP | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | ||||||||||
| GREEN LIST | 50 | Green | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | Opp | ||||||||||
| ALTERNATIVE LIST | 54 | Alt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parteilose <non-party-aligned> | 59 | NA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY<CDU/CSU> | 60 | Christ | Opp | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | PM | ||||||||||
| NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY<NPD> | 80 | Exright | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Die Republikaner <Republicans> | 81 | Exright | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (DVU) Deutsche Volksunion | 82 | Exright | |||||||||||||||||||||||