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West German federal election, 1976

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3 October 1976
  
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Start date
  
October 3, 1976

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Turnout
  
90.7% (voting eligible)

Winner
  
Helmut Schmidt

Federal elections were held in West Germany on 3 October 1976.

Contents

Campaign

The coalition of SPD and FDP wanted to be re-elected, with the SPD now led by Helmut Schmidt—the party's candidate for Chancellor. CDU and CSU tried to achieve an absolute majority of the votes to make CDU chairman Helmut Kohl Chancellor.

Results

^† — includes the non-voting delegates for West Berlin (11 CDU, 10 SPD, 1 FDP).

Aftermath

The coalition between the SPD and the FDP remained in 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 Later, this attack was withdrawn, while Strauß became candidate for chancellor for the 1980 elections.

References

West German federal election, 1976 Wikipedia