German federal election, 1976

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The 8th German federal election, 1976, was conducted on October 3, 1976, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

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[edit] Issues and Campaign

[edit] Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change) Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party 16,099,019 42.6% -3.2% 214 -16 43.1%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 2,995,085 7.9% -0.5% 39 -2 7.9%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 14,367,302 38.0% +2.8% 190 +13 38.3%
Christian Social Union (CSU) 4,027,499 10.6% +1.0% 53 +5 10.7%
All Others 333,595 0.9%   0   0.0%
Totals 37,822,500 100.0%   496 +0 100.0%
Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black
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. Between the "sister parties" of CDU and Bavarian CSU there emerged a critical conflict, as the CSU leader Franz Josef Strauß wanted to break both the united Bundestag group of the parties and the agreement not to compete against each other in any Land. Later, this attack was withdrawn, while Strauß became candidate for chancellor for the 1980 elections.

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