German federal election, 1980

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The 9th German federal election, 1980, was conducted on October 5, 1980, 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	16,260,677	42.9%	+0.3%	218	+4	43.9%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	4,030,999	10.6%	+2.7%	53	+14	10.7%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	12,989,200	34.2%	-3.8%	174	-16	35.0%
Christian Social Union (CSU)	3,908,459	10.3%	-0.3%	52	-1	10.5%
The Greens	569,589	1.5%	+1.5%	0	+0	0.0%
All Others	180,057	0.5%		0		0.0%
Totals	37,938,981	100.0%		497	+1	100.0%

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

[edit] Post-election

The coalition between the SPD and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. In 1982, the FDP quit the government, and this led to the government's collapse followed by a new CDU/CSU - FDP coalition under Helmut Kohl.

German Reichstag and Bundestag elections