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German federal election, 1969 - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alternative, Alternativity, Anointing, Anointment, Assignment, Assumption, Authorization, Calling, Canonization, Caucus, Choice, Consecration, Coronation, Decision, Delegation |
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The German federal election, 1969, was conducted on September 28, 1969, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
Issues and Campaign
Results
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
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| Social Democratic Party
| 14,065,716
| 42.7%
| +3.4%
| 224
| +22
| 45.2%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 1,903,422
| 5.8%
| -3.7%
| 30
| -19
| 6.0%
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 12,079,535
| 36.6%
| -1.4%
| 193
| -3
| 38.9%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,115,652
| 9.4%
| -0.2%
| 49
| +0
| 9.9%
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| All Others
| 1,801,699
| 5.5%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 32,966,024
| 100.0%
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| 496
| +0
| 100.0%
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Seat results -- SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black 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.
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