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The German federal election, 1980, was conducted on October 5, 1980, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

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

Issues and Campaign

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%


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

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.

Sources


de:Bundestagswahl 1980

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