German federal election, 1969

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The 6th German federal election, 1969, was conducted on September 28, 1969, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

1 Issues and Campaign
2 Results
3 Post-election
4 Sources

[edit] Issues and Campaign

[edit] Results

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party	14,065,716	42.7%	+3.4%	224	+22	45.2%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	1,903,422	5.8%	-3.7%	30	-19	6.0%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	12,079,535	36.6%	-1.4%	193	-3	38.9%
Christian Social Union (CSU)	3,115,652	9.4%	-0.2%	49	+0	9.9%
All Others	1,801,699	5.5%		0		0.0%
Totals	32,966,024	100.0%		496	+0	100.0%

Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black

[edit] Post-election

The SPD chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a coalition with the FDP instead. Willy Brandt became the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period.

Reichstag and Bundestag elections in Germany