1986 Lower Saxony state election

1986 Lower Saxony state election Lower Saxony parliamentary no 1982 Lower Saxony state election 1982 1990 Lower Saxony state election 1990 All 155 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 78 15 June 1986 4,320,347 (77.3%) 0.4% 120px Ernst Albrecht Christian Democratic Union of Germany 87 seats, 50.7% 69 18 1,903,559 44.3% 6.4% 120px Gerhard Schröder Social Democratic Party of Germany 63 seats, 36.5% 66 3 1,807,157 42.1% 5.6% Alliance 90/The Greens 11 seats, 6.5% 11 303,308 7.1% 0.6% Free Democratic Party (Germany) 10 seats, 5.9% 9 1 257,873 6.0% 0.1% 1986 Lower Saxony state election.svg 350px Results for the single-member constituencies Minister-President Ernst Albrecht Christian Democratic Union of Germany Ernst Albrecht Christian Democratic Union of GermanyThe 1986 Lower Saxony state election was held on 15 June 1986 to elect the members of the 11th Landtag of Lower Saxony.Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1986 https://www.da-ra.de/dara/study/web_show?res_id=7431&mdlang=en&detail=true 2024-10-18 www.da-ra.de en The election result was reportedly affected by the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred in late April of that year.June 17, 1986 Chernobyl's political fallout https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/06/18/chernobyls-political-fallout/1021076f-f9cb-42f0-9612-86e88267a39f/ Washington Post Background In the 1982 Lower Saxony state election 1982 state elections de Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1982, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under Minister-President of Lower Saxony Ernst Albrecht achieved its best result ever in Lower Saxony with 50.7 percent of the vote, while the Social Democratic Party (SPD) under Karl Ravens suffered heavy losses.Former German politician, Ernst Albrecht, dies – DW – 12/13/2014 https://www.dw.com/en/former-german-politician-ernst-albrecht-dies/a-18127420 2024-10-18 dw.com en Since this was already Ravens' second loss against Albrecht, he decided not to run as a candidate again in 1986. When the SPD was looking for a candidate, the SPD leadership originally favoured former Federal Minister Anke Fuchs. However, after the former Federal Chairman of the Juso and then-Hanoverian MP Gerhard Schröder announced his candidacy and secured the support of several SPD district associations, Fuchs gave up being top candidate. There were some disputes within the SPD over the coalition question: While chancellor candidate Johannes Rau had ruled out a coalition with the Greens for the federal election planned for January 1987 and was counting on the SPD having its own majority, Schröder did not want to rule out a red-green coalition in general. The disputes between Rau and Schröder on this issue were one of the election campaign issues. Parties and candidates The state electoral committee approved 706 candidates (567 men and 139 women). The 623 district nominations consisted of 508 men and 115 women from 10 parties and individual candidates, the 389 state nominations consisted of 309 men and 80 women. Of these, 306 (56 women) also ran for a district nomination. No.Party/individual candidateNumber of constituency candidates1Christian Democratic Union of Germany1002Social Democratic Party of Germany1003DIE GRÜNEN1004Free Democratic Party1004Patriots for Germany de Patrioten für Deutschland1005German Communist Party847The Whites328Citizens' Party (Germany) Citizens' Party de Die Bürgerpartei19German Solidarity de Deutsche Solidarität – Union für Umwelt und Lebensschutz110Young Voters Association of Lower Saxony111Independents4total number of approved district election proposals623 Results While the CDU lost its absolute majority, the SPD again exceeded the 40 percent mark thanks to significant gains. In addition, around a third of the CDU's direct mandates went to the SPD. The Greens and the FDP only recorded minimal gains. Even though there was renewed circulation of candidacies from the other parties and some new parties were eligible, the small parties again received less than one percent of the votes together. The DKP's votes also halved compared to the last election. File:11th Lower Saxony Landtag.svg Christian Democratic Union 1903559 −6.35 69 −18 Social Democratic Party 1807157 +5.56 66 +3 The Greens 303308 +0.52 11 0 Free Democratic Party 257873 +0.10 9 −1 Patriots for Germany de Patrioten für Deutschland 11284 New 0 New German Communist Party 5690 −0.15 0 0 The Whites 3858 New 0 New Citizens' Party (Germany) de Die Bürgerpartei Citizens' Party 198 +0.00 0 0 German Solidarity de Deutsche Solidarität – Union für Umwelt und Lebensschutz 38 New 0 New Young Voters Association 17 New 0 New Independents 164 +0.00 0 0 27201 −16 5588597 Formation of a government The CDU formed a coalition with the FDP, which had a majority of one vote.  Albrecht was then confirmed as Minister President. Schröder resigned from his Bundestag mandate and moved into state politics as SPD parliamentary group leader and opposition leader.Cabinet Albrecht V In December 1988, a constructive vote of no confidence against Albrecht, brought by the SPD parliamentary group because of the casino affair, failed by 76 votes to 79. At least one member of the opposition parties SPD and Greens must have voted for Albrecht. See also List of members of the Lower Saxony State Parliament (11th electoral term) de Liste der Mitglieder des Niedersächsischen Landtages (11. Wahlperiode) Further reading Forschungsgruppe Wahlen: Wahl in Niedersachsen. Eine Analyse der Landtagswahl am 15. Juni 1986. Mannheim 1986. Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft (Hg.): Niedersachsen 1990. Landtagswahl am 15. Juni 1986; Analysen und Dokumente, Bad Godesberg 1986. Claus A. Fischer (Hrsg.): Wahlhandbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Daten zu Bundestags-, Landtags- und Europawahlen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in den Ländern und in den Kreisen 1946–1989, 2. Halbband, Paderborn 1990. External links election.de References Category:Elections in Lower Saxony Category:Gerhard Schröder Category:1980s in Lower Saxony Category:June 1986 in Germany Category:1986 elections in Germany Category:1986 in West Germany