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German federal election, 1998 - 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, 1998 was conducted on September 27, 1998, 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
| 20,181,269
| 40.9%
| +4.5%
| 295
| +43
| 44.5%
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| Alliance '90/The Greens
| 3,301,624
| 6.7%
| -1.1%
| 47
| -2
| 7.0%
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 14,004,908
| 28.4%
| -5.8%
| 198
| -46
| 29.6%
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| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,324,480
| 6.8%
| -0.6%
| 47
| -3
| 7.0%
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| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 3,080,955
| 6.2%
| -0.2%
| 43
| -4
| 6.4%
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| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
| 2,515,454
| 5.1%
| +0.7%
| 36
| +6
| 5.4%
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| All Others
| 2,899,822
| 5.9%
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| 0
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| 0.0%
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| Totals
| 49,308,512
| 100.0%
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| 669
| -3
| 100.0%
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Seat results -- SPD in red, Greens in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black Post-election
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP no longer had a majority, so a new government was formed by a coalition between the SPD and the Greens, with SPD member Gerhard Schröder as chancellor.
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