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German federal election, 1983 - 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, 1983, was conducted on March 6, 1983, 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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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 14,857,680
| 38.1%
| +3.9%
| 191
| +17
| 38.4%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 4,140,865
| 10.6%
| +0.3%
| 53
| +1
| 10.6%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 2,706,942
| 6.9%
| -3.7%
| 34
| -19
| 6.8%
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| Social Democratic Party
| 14,865,807
| 38.2%
| -4.7%
| 193
| -25
| 38.8%
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| The Greens
| 2,167,431
| 5.6%
| +4.1%
| 27
| +27
| 5.4%
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| All Others
| 201,962
| 0.5%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 38,940,687
| 100.0%
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| 498
| +1
| 100.0%
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Seat results -- SPD in red, Greens in green, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black Post-election
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Kohl as Chancellor. This was the first election in which the Greens secured representation in the Bundestag.
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