section_path: Results/Results by state/Constituency seats
section_name: Constituency seats
paragraph_text: Constituency seats
  
  The CDU/CSU won 172 constituency seats, while the SPD got 44 and the AfD 42. The Greens got 12 constituency seats, with Die Linke securing six. The AfD swept through the former East German states, winning 41 constituencies out of 44. It also won Marzahn – Hellersdorf constituency in eastern Berlin, making it the first time in its history it has won a seat in the capital. In 23 constituencies, the candidate with the most votes was not elected, due to a lack of second vote coverage. Those include 18 Union candidates - 15 from the CDU and three from the CSU - as well as four would-be delegates from the AfD and one more from the SPD. The average vote for BSW in states where they ran is 2.5%. In some of those states like Thuringia they ran in all constituencies.