 None of the other parties managed to gain more than 1.7%, but together the small parties exceeded 10% for the first time.At 43.3%, the voter turnout was just over the all-time low in the previous European election in Germany (43.0%).From the 2004 European elections, the CDU had emerged as the strongest party vote, together with the CSU had achieved 44.5% of the vote and 49 of the 99 German mandates.