1981 West Berlin state election

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Parties !Votes !% !+/- !Seats !+/- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Total ! style="text-align:center;" | 1,291,842 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| 100% ! style="text-align:center;" | 132 ! style="text-align:center;" | -3
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Union
 * 605,265
 * 48.0%
 * +3.6%
 * 65
 * +2
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party of Germany
 * 483,778
 * 38.3%
 * -4.4%
 * 51
 * -10
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Alternative List
 * 90,653
 * 7.2%
 * +3.5%
 * 9
 * +9
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Free Democratic Party
 * 70,529
 * 5.6%
 * -2.5%
 * 7
 * -4
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin
 * 8,176
 * 0.6%
 * -0.5%
 * 0
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Green List Berlin
 * 3,765
 * 0.3%
 * +0.3%
 * 0
 * - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Green List Berlin
 * 3,765
 * 0.3%
 * +0.3%
 * 0
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 * colspan=7|Source
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 * }