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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1953 West German federal election
| election_name = 1980 West German federal election
| country = West Germany
| country = West Germany
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1949 West German federal election
| previous_election = 1976 West German federal election
| previous_year = 1949
| previous_year = 1976
| election_date = {{Start date|1953|09|06|df=y}}
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1980|10|05}}
| next_election = 1957 West German federal election
| next_election = 1983 West German federal election
| next_year = 1957
| next_year = 1983
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 1st Bundestag
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 8th Bundestag
| elected_members = List of members of the 2nd Bundestag
| elected_members = List of members of the 9th Bundestag
| seats_for_election = All 487 seats in the [[Bundestag]]{{Efn|As well as the 22 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]], elected by the West Berlin Legislature.}}
| seats_for_election = All 497 seats in the [[Bundestag]]{{Efn|As well as the 22 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]], elected by the West Berlin Legislature.}}
| majority_seats = 244
| majority_seats = 249
| registered = 33,120,940 {{increase}} 6.1%
| registered = 43,231,741 {{increase}} 2.8%
| turnout = 28,479,550 (86.0%) {{increase}} 7.5[[percentage point|pp]]
| turnout = 38,292,176 (88.6%) {{decrease}} 2.1[[percentage point|pp]]


| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Franz Josef Strauß 1982 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
<!-- KPD -->
| candidate1 = [[Franz-Josef Strauss]]
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S99067, Berlin, III. SED-Parteitag (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| party1 = CDU/CSU
| candidate1 = [[Max Reimann]]
| last_election1 = 48.6%, 243 seats
| party1 = Communist Party of Germany
| seats1 = '''226'''{{Efn|As well as 11 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}}
| last_election1 = 5.7%, 15 seats
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 17
| seats1 = 487{{Efn|As well as 11 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}}
| popular_vote1 = '''16,897,659'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 472
| percentage1 = '''44.5%'''
| popular_vote1 = 28,358,987
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 4.1pp
| percentage1 = 99.5%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 0.4pp


| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Helmut Schmidt at Andrews AFB 1981 (cropped).JPEG|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
<!-- SPD -->
| candidate2 = [[Helmut Schmidt]]
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bundesarchiv Bild 183-21272-0001, Erich Ollenhauer.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| candidate2 = [[Erich Ollenhauer]]
| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| last_election2 = 29.2%, 131 seats
| last_election2 = 42.6%, 214 seats
| seats2 = 151{{Efn|As well as 11 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}}
| seats2 = 218{{Efn|As well as 10 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}}
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 20
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote2 = 64,346
| popular_vote2 = 16,260,677
| percentage2 = 0.2%
| percentage2 = 42.9%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.4pp
| swing2 = {{increase}} 0.3pp


| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
<!-- FDP -->
| candidate3 = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P001512, Franz Blücher 2.jpg|bSize = 125|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 2}}
| candidate3 = [[Franz Blücher]]
| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| last_election3 = 11.9%, 52 seats
| last_election3 = 7.9%, 39 seats
| seats3 = 48{{Efn|As well as 5 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegates for West Berlin]].}}
| seats3 = 53{{Efn|As well as 1 [[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|non-voting delegate for West Berlin]].}}
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 4
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 14
| popular_vote3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 4,030,999
| percentage3 = 0.2%
| percentage3 = 10.6%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 2.0p
| swing3 = {{increase}} 2.7pp


<!-- Map -->
<!-- Map -->
| map_image = 1953 German federal election - Results by constituency.svg
| map_image = File:1980 German federal election - Results by constituency.svg
| map_size = 333px
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = The left side shows the winning party vote in the constituencies, the right side shows the seats won by parties in each of the states. The pie chart over West Berlin shows the partisan composition of its legislature.
| map_caption = The left side shows the winning party vote in the constituencies, the right side shows the seats won by parties in each of the states. The pie chart over West Berlin shows the partisan composition of its legislature.


<!-- Result -->
<!-- Result -->
| title = [[Cabinet of Germany|Government]]
| title = [[Cabinet of Germany|Government]]
| before_election = [[First Adenauer cabinet]]
| before_election = [[Second Schmidt cabinet]]
| before_party = [[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]
| before_party = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| posttitle = Government after election
| posttitle = Government after election
| after_election = [[Second Adenauer cabinet]]
| after_election = [[Third Schmidt cabinet]]
| after_party = [[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]–[[All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights|GB/BHE]]–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]
| after_party = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
}}{{politics of Germany}}
}}
[[Federal elections in Germany|Federal elections]] were held in [[West Germany]] on 5 October 1980 to elect the members of the 9th [[Bundestag]]. Although the [[CDU/CSU]] remained the largest faction in parliament, [[Helmut Schmidt]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] remained Chancellor.

[[Elections in Germany#German elections since 1949|Federal elections]] were held in [[West Germany]] on 6 September 1953 to elect the members of the second [[Bundestag]]. The [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) emerged as the largest party.

The KPD won a landslide victory which led to Kondrad Adenauer consolidating the forces of reaction, eventually leading up to the White Terror. The Communists were well aware that they could not enact their revolutionary programme within the confines of the bourgeois system, fortunately they were well prepared for the ensuing civil war.


==Issues and campaign==
==Campaign==
Chancellor [[Helmut Schmidt]] of the [[Social-liberal coalition|SPD-FDP coalition]] wanted to be re-elected. The CDU/CSU tried to make their candidate the elected Chancellor, CSU leader [[Franz Josef Strauß]]. It was the first time that their candidate was from the CSU. Strauß, immensely popular in [[Bavaria]], found it difficult to appeal to people in other parts of Germany. One important reason for Strauss's unpopularity compared to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, was his tendency to talk sharply and militantly about his political opponents. Schmidt, by contrast, was still seen by many West German voters as a moderate and practical manager and doer, who focused on getting concrete political and economic results more than on political rhetoric.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bjøl|first=Erling|title=History of the Nations|publisher=WSOY|year=1984|editor-last=Grimberg|editor-first=Carl|volume=22: From Peace to the Cold War|location=Helsinki|pages=495, 497–499}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bjøl|first=Erling|title=History of the Nations|publisher=WSOY|year=1984|editor-last=Grimberg|editor-first=Carl|volume=23: The Rich West|location=Helsinki|pages=353–356}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bark|first=Dennis L.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18907067|title=A history of West Germany|last2=Gress|first2=David|publisher=Blackwell|year=1989|isbn=0-631-16787-0|volume=2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988|location=Oxford, UK|chapter="The Era of Macher [Doer]"|oclc=18907067}}</ref>
Federal Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] (who was also CDU leader) campaigned on his policies of [[economic reconstruction]] and growth, moderate conservatism or Christian democracy, and close relations with the United States. During the campaign he attacked the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) ferociously. His staff had a comfortable coach on a train previously used only by [[Hermann Göring]] and behind that a dining car with sleeping berths for journalists.<ref name=CW>Charles Williams (2000) ''Adenauer: The Father of the New Germany'', p407</ref> The new SPD leader ([[Kurt Schumacher]] had died in 1952) was [[Erich Ollenhauer]], who was more moderate in his policies than Schumacher had been. He did not oppose, in principle, the United States' military presence in Western Europe. He later – in 1957 – supported a military alliance of most European countries, including Germany.<ref>Erling Bjöl, Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West, "A Giant Dwarf: West Germany," Helsinki: WSOY, 1985</ref><ref>Dennis L. Bark and David R. Gress, A History of West Germany: Volume 1: 1945–1963: From Shadow to Substance, London, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1989</ref> On 3 September American Secretary of State [[John Foster Dulles]] said that "A defeat for Adenauer would have catastrophic consequences for the prospects for German reunification and the restoration of sovereignty" and that it would "trigger off such confusion in Germany that further delays in German efforts for reunification and freedom would be unavoidable."<ref name=CW/> Adenauer managed to convince clearly more West German voters of his leadership abilities and economic and political success to easily win a second term, although he had to form a coalition government with the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] and the conservative [[German Party (1947)|German Party]] to gain a majority in the Bundestag.


==Results==
==Results==
{{Election results
{{Election results
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency|seattype1=Elected|seattype2=[[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|West Berlin]]|seattype3=Total|seattype4=+/–
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency|seattype1=Elected|seattype2=[[:de:Berliner Bundestagsabgeordneter|West Berlin]]|seattype3=Total|seattype4=+/–
|image=[[File:1953 German federal election - composition chart.svg]]
|image=[[File:Bundestag 1980.svg]]
|party1=[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]|votes1=10016594|seats1=61|votes1_2=9577659|seats1_2=130|st1t1=191|st2t1=6|st3t1=197|st4t1=+80
|party1=[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]|votes1=16260677|seats1=91|votes1_2=16808861|seats1_2=127|st1t1=218|st2t1=10|st3t1=228|st4t1=+4
|party2=[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]|votes2=7944943|seats2=106|votes2_2=8131257|seats2_2=45|st1t2=151|st2t2=11|st3t2=162|st4t2=+26
|party2=[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]|votes2=12989200|seats2=93|votes2_2=13467207|seats2_2=81|st1t2=174|st2t2=11|st3t2=185|st4t2=–16
|party3=[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]|votes3=2629163|seats3=34|votes3_2=2967566|seats3_2=14|st1t3=48|st2t3=5|st3t3=53|st4t3=0
|party3=[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]|votes3=4030999|seats3=53|votes3_2=2720480|seats3_2=0|st1t3=53|st2t3=1|st3t3=54|st4t3=+14
|party4=[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]|votes4=2427387|seats4=10|votes4_2=2450286|seats4_2=42|st1t4=52|st2t4=0|st3t4=52|st4t4=+28
|party4=[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]|votes4=3908459|seats4=12|votes4_2=3941365|seats4_2=40|st1t4=52|st2t4=0|st3t4=52|st4t4=–1
|party5=[[All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights]]|votes5=1616953|seats5=27|votes5_2=1613215|seats5_2=0|st1t5=27|st2t5=0|st3t5=27|st4t5=New
|party5=[[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]|votes5=569589|seats5=0|votes5_2=732619|seats5_2=0|st1t5=0|st2t5=0|st3t5=0|st4t5=New
|party6=[[German Party (1947)|German Party]]|votes6=896128|seats6=5|votes6_2=1073031|seats6_2=10|st1t6=15|st2t6=0|st3t6=15|st4t6=−2
|party6=[[German Communist Party]]|votes6=71600|seats6=0|votes6_2=107158|seats6_2=0|st1t6=0|st2t6=0|st3t6=0|st4t6=0
|party7=[[Communist Party of Germany|Communist Party]]|votes7=607860|seats7=0|votes7_2=611317|seats7_2=0|st1t7=0|st2t7=0|st3t7=0|st4t7=−15
|party7=[[National Democratic Party of Germany|National Democratic Party]]|votes7=68096|seats7=0|st1t7=0|st2t7=0|st3t7=0|st4t7=0
|party8=[[Bavaria Party]]|votes8=465641|seats8=0|votes8_2=399070|seats8_2=0|st1t8=0|st2t8=0|st3t8=0|st4t8=−17
|party8=[[:de:Die Bürgerpartei|Citizens' Party]]|votes8=11256|seats8=0|votes8_2=507|seats8_2=0|st1t8=0|st2t8=0|st3t8=0|st4t8=New
|party9=[[All-German People's Party]]|votes9=318475|seats9=0|votes9_2=286465|seats9_2=0|st1t9=0|st2t9=0|st3t9=0|st4t9=New
|party9=[[:de:Volksfront gegen Reaktion, Faschismus und Krieg|People's Front Against Reaction, Fascism and War]]|votes9=9319|seats9=0|votes9_2=7160|seats9_2=0|st1t9=0|st2t9=0|st3t9=0|st4t9=New
|party10=[[Deutsche Reichspartei]]|votes10=295739|seats10=0|votes10_2=204725|seats10_2=0|st1t10=0|st2t10=0|st3t10=0|st4t10=−5
|party10=[[Communist League of West Germany]]|votes10=8174|seats10=0|votes10_2=12008|seats10_2=0|st1t10=0|st2t10=0|st3t10=0|st4t10=0
|party11=[[Centre Party (Germany, 1945)|Centre Party]]|votes11=217078|seats11=2|votes11_2=55835|seats11_2=1|st1t11=3|st2t11=0|st3t11=3|st4t11=−7|color11=#0047AB
|party11=[[:de:Europäische Arbeiter-Partei|European Workers' Party]]|votes11=7666|seats11=0|votes11_2=4992|seats11_2=0|st1t11=0|st2t11=0|st3t11=0|st4t11=0|color11=#003366
|party12=[[:de:Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung|Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung]]|votes12=70726|seats12=0|votes12_2=78356|seats12_2=0|st1t12=0|st2t12=0|st3t12=0|st4t12=New
|party12=[[:de:Christliche Bayerische Volkspartei|Christian Bavarian People's Party]]|votes12=3946|seats12=0|st1t12=0|st2t12=0|st3t12=0|st4t12=0
|party13=[[South Schleswig Voters' Association]]|votes13=44585|seats13=0|votes13_2=44339|seats13_2=0|st1t13=0|st2t13=0|st3t13=0|st4t13=−1
|party13=[[:de:Deutsche Union (Partei)|German Union]]|votes13_2=421|seats13_2=0|st1t13=0|st2t13=0|st3t13=0|st4t13=New
|party14=[[Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy]]|votes14_2=6269|seats14_2=0|st1t14=0|st2t14=0|st3t14=0|st4t14=New
|party14=[[Independent Workers' Party (German Socialists)|Independent Workers' Party]]|votes14_2=159|seats14_2=0|st1t14=0|st2t14=0|st3t14=0|st4t14=0
|party15=[[:de:Vaterländische Union (Deutschland)|Patriotic Union]]|votes15_2=2531|seats15_2=0|st1t15=0|st2t15=0|st3t15=0|st4t15=New
|party15=German Freedom Party|votes15_2=96|seats15_2=0|st1t15=0|st2t15=0|st3t15=0|st4t15=New
|party16=[[:de:Partei der guten Deutschen|Party of the Good Germans]]|votes16_2=654|seats16_2=0|st1t16=0|st2t16=0|st3t16=0|st4t16=New
|party16=[[Independent politician|Independents]] and voter groups|votes16_2=3498|seats16_2=0|st1t16=0|st2t16=0|st3t16=0|st4t16=0
|invalid=353115|invalid2=485645
|party17=[[Independent politician|Independents]] and voter groups||votes17_2=17185|seats17_2=0|st1t17=0|st2t17=0|st3t17=0|st4t17=−3
|total_st4t=+99
|total_st4t=+1
|electorate=43231741|electorate2=43231741
|invalid=928278|invalid2=959790
|source=[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1980.html Bundeswahlleiter]
|total_sc=+85
|electorate=33120940|electorate2=33120940
|source=[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1953.html Bundeswahlleiter]
}}
}}
[[Image:1980 federal german results.svg|thumbnail|320px|Seat results – SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black]]


===Results by state===
=== Results by state ===
==== Constituency seats ====
==== Constituency seats ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |State
! rowspan="3" |State
! rowspan="3" |Total<br />seats
! rowspan="3" |Total<br>seats
! colspan="6" |Seats won
! colspan="3" |Seats won
|-
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[German Party (1947)|DP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Centre Party (Germany)|DZP]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|German Party (1947)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany, 1945)}};" |
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]]
!33
!37
|29
|6
|2
|31
|
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]]
!47
!45
|
|5
|3
|42
|2
|
|
|
|40
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]]
!3
!3
|
|3
|3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]]
!8
!7
|3
|7
|1
|
|
|2
|2
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]]
!22
!22
|7
|19
|10
|3
|
|5
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]]
!34
!31
|13
|23
|11
|
|2
|8
|8
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
!66
!71
|51
|44
|13
|27
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
!16
|6
|10
|
|
|1
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Saarland]]
!15
!5
|13
|3
|2
|2
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
!14
!11
|14
|11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|- class="sortbottom"
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!242
!248
!130
!127
!59
!81
!42
!40
!14
!10
!1
|}
|}
{{politics of Germany}}


==== List seats ====
==== List seats ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |State
! rowspan="3" |State
! rowspan="3" |Total<br />seats
! rowspan="3" |Total<br>seats
! colspan="7" |Seats won
! colspan="4" |Seats won
|-
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights|GB/<br />BHE]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[German Party (1947)|DP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" |[[Centre Party (Germany)|DZP]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|German Party (1947)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany, 1945)}};" |
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Baden-Württemberg]]
!34
!35
|14
|5
|21
|9
|9
|7
|3
|
|1
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bavaria]]
!44
!44
|22
|
|4
|8
|10
|
|
|
|25
|7
|12
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bremen]]
!3
!1
|1
|
|
|2
|
|
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hamburg]]
!10
!6
|6
|4
|4
|
|
|
|2
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Hesse]]
!22
!24
|6
|16
|8
|4
|3
|3
|
|5
|1
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Lower Saxony]]
!32
!32
|10
|18
|12
|7
|3
|7
|7
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
!72
!76
|34
|33
|21
|26
|11
|17
|3
|
|
|1
|2
|-
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
!16
!16
|7
|5
|5
|4
|8
|
|3
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Saarland]]
!3
|2
|1
|
|
|
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
!12
!12
|7
|9
|
|
|1
|3
|3
|
|1
|
|
|- class="sortbottom"
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!245
!249
!106
!93
!61
!91
!34
!53
!27
!12
!10
!5
!2
|}
|}


== Aftermath ==
==Post-election==

[[Konrad Adenauer]] remained [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]], governing in a broad coalition (two-thirds majority) with most of the minor parties except for the SPD and Centre Party.
The coalition between the SPD and the FDP returned to government, with [[Helmut Schmidt]] as [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]]. In 1982, the FDP quit the government, which led to the government's collapse and replacement with a new CDU/CSU – FDP coalition under [[Helmut Kohl]].


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{notelist}}
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* [https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1980.html The Federal Returning Officer]
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net Psephos]


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Revision as of 09:35, 11 September 2024

1980 West German federal election
← 1976 5 October 1980 (1980-10-05) 1983 →
All 497 seats in the Bundestag[a]
249 seats needed for a majority
Registered43,231,741 Increase 2.8%
Turnout38,292,176 (88.6%) Decrease 2.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Franz Josef Strauß 1982 (cropped).jpg
Helmut Schmidt at Andrews AFB 1981 (cropped).JPEG
Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg
Candidate Franz-Josef Strauss Helmut Schmidt Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Party CDU/CSU SPD FDP
Last election 48.6%, 243 seats 42.6%, 214 seats 7.9%, 39 seats
Seats won 226[b] 218[c] 53[d]
Seat change Decrease 17 Increase 4 Increase 14
Popular vote 16,897,659 16,260,677 4,030,999
Percentage 44.5% 42.9% 10.6%
Swing Decrease 4.1pp Increase 0.3pp Increase 2.7pp
The left side shows the winning party vote in the constituencies, the right side shows the seats won by parties in each of the states. The pie chart over West Berlin shows the partisan composition of its legislature.
Government before election

Second Schmidt cabinet
SPD–FDP

Government after election

Third Schmidt cabinet
SPD–FDP

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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 5 October 1980 to elect the members of the 9th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party remained Chancellor.

Issues and campaign

Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the SPD-FDP coalition wanted to be re-elected. The CDU/CSU tried to make their candidate the elected Chancellor, CSU leader Franz Josef Strauß. It was the first time that their candidate was from the CSU. Strauß, immensely popular in Bavaria, found it difficult to appeal to people in other parts of Germany. One important reason for Strauss's unpopularity compared to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, was his tendency to talk sharply and militantly about his political opponents. Schmidt, by contrast, was still seen by many West German voters as a moderate and practical manager and doer, who focused on getting concrete political and economic results more than on political rhetoric.[1][2][3]

Results

PartyParty-listConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsElectedWest BerlinTotal+/–
Social Democratic Party16,260,67742.869116,808,86144.4612721810228+4
Christian Democratic Union12,989,20034.249313,467,20735.628117411185–16
Free Democratic Party4,030,99910.62532,720,4807.20053154+14
Christian Social Union3,908,45910.30123,941,36510.434052052–1
The Greens569,5891.500732,6191.940000New
German Communist Party71,6000.190107,1580.2800000
National Democratic Party68,0960.1800000
Citizens' Party11,2560.0305070.000000New
People's Front Against Reaction, Fascism and War9,3190.0207,1600.020000New
Communist League of West Germany8,1740.02012,0080.0300000
European Workers' Party7,6660.0204,9920.0100000
Christian Bavarian People's Party3,9460.0100000
German Union4210.000000New
Independent Workers' Party1590.0000000
German Freedom Party960.000000New
Independents and voter groups3,4980.0100000
Total37,938,981100.0024937,806,531100.0024849722519+1
Valid votes37,938,98199.0837,806,53198.73
Invalid/blank votes353,1150.92485,6451.27
Total votes38,292,096100.0038,292,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,231,74188.5743,231,74188.57
Source: Bundeswahlleiter
Seat results – SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black

Results by state

Constituency seats

State Total
seats 		Seats won
SPD CDU CSU
Baden-Württemberg 37 6 31
Bavaria 45 5 40
Bremen 3 3
Hamburg 7 7
Hesse 22 19 3
Lower Saxony 31 23 8
North Rhine-Westphalia 71 44 27
Rhineland-Palatinate 16 6 10
Saarland 5 3 2
Schleswig-Holstein 11 11
Total 248 127 81 40

List seats

State Total
seats 		Seats won
CDU SPD FDP CSU
Baden-Württemberg 35 5 21 9
Bavaria 44 25 7 12
Bremen 1 1
Hamburg 6 4 2
Hesse 24 16 3 5
Lower Saxony 32 18 7 7
North Rhine-Westphalia 76 33 26 17
Rhineland-Palatinate 16 5 8 3
Saarland 3 2 1
Schleswig-Holstein 12 9 3
Total 249 93 91 53 12

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, which led to the government's collapse and replacement with a new CDU/CSU – FDP coalition under Helmut Kohl.

Notes

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  1. ^ As well as the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin, elected by the West Berlin Legislature.
  2. ^ As well as 11 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.
  3. ^ As well as 10 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.
  4. ^ As well as 1 non-voting delegate for West Berlin.

References

  1. ^ Bjøl, Erling (1984). Grimberg, Carl (ed.). History of the Nations. Vol. 22: From Peace to the Cold War. Helsinki: WSOY. pp. 495, 497–499.
  2. ^ Bjøl, Erling (1984). Grimberg, Carl (ed.). History of the Nations. Vol. 23: The Rich West. Helsinki: WSOY. pp. 353–356.
  3. ^ Bark, Dennis L.; Gress, David (1989). ""The Era of Macher [Doer]"". A history of West Germany. Vol. 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-16787-0. OCLC 18907067.

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