1976 West German federal election

none September 2022 September 2022 West Germany parliamentary 1972 West German federal election 1972 1976 10 03 y 1980 West German federal election 1980 List of members of the 7th Bundestag List of members of the 8th Bundestag All 496 seats in the BundestagAs well as the 22 non-voting delegates representing West Berlin, elected by the West Berlin Legislature. 249 42,058,015 ( 1.5%) 90.7% ( 0.4pp) Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F049284-0036A, Berlin, CDU Bundestagswahlkampf, Kohl (cropped) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Helmut Kohl CDU/CSU 44.9%, 225 seats 243As well as 11 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 18 18,394,801 48.6% 3.7 pp Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Helmut Schmidt Social Democratic Party of Germany 45.8%, 230 seats 214As well as 10 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 16 16,099,019 42.6% 3.2 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F049317-0008, FDP-Bundestagswahlkampf, Wahlreise Genscher (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Hans-Dietrich Genscher Free Democratic Party (Germany) 8.4%, 41 seats 39As well as 1 non-voting delegate for West Berlin. 2 2,995,085 7.9% 0.5 pp 1976 West German federal election.svg 400px The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows party list winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. Government First Schmidt cabinet SPD–FDP Government after election Second Schmidt cabinet SPD–FDP A federal election was held in West Germany on 3 October 1976 to elect the members of the 8th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU alliance became the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party remained Chancellor. Campaign The coalition of the SPD and the FDP wanted to be re-elected, with the SPD, since 1974 led by Helmut Schmidt, the party's candidate for Chancellor. The CDU and the CSU tried to achieve an absolute majority of the votes to make CDU chairman Helmut Kohl Chancellor, but they fell six seats short of their target. Opinion polls Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Union SPD FDP Others Abstention Lead 1976 federal election 3 Oct 1976 – 48.6 42.6 7.9 0.9 9.3 6.1 Emnid for SPIEGEL Sep 1976 N/A49 41 8 2 — 8 Emnid for SPIEGEL Aug 1976 N/A48 43 7 2 — 5 Emnid for SPIEGEL Jul 1976 N/A47 44 8 1 — 3 Emnid for SPIEGEL Jun 1976 N/A51 41 8 0 — 10 Allensbach Nov/Dec 1975 N/A50.7 39.7 8.6 1.0 — 10.0 Infratest Nov/Dec 1975 N/A47 40 11 2 — 7 Emnid Nov/Dec 1975 N/A45 43 10 2 — 2 1972 federal election 19 Nov 1972 – 44.9 45.8 8.4 0.6 8.9 0.9 Results Party-list Constituency Elected West Berlin Total +/– File:Bundestag 1976.svg Social Democratic Party 16099019 100 16471321 114 214 10 224 –18 Christian Democratic Union 14367302 96 14423157 94 190 11 201 +15 Christian Social Union 4027499 13 4008514 40 53 0 53 +5 Free Democratic Party 2995085 39 2417683 0 39 1 40 –2 National Democratic Party 122661 0 136028 0 0 0 0 0 German Communist Party 118581 0 170855 0 0 0 0 0 Communist Party of Germany (AO) 22714 0 8822 0 0 0 0 New red Action Group of Independent Germans 22202 0 19490 0 0 0 0 New Communist League of West Germany 20018 0 21414 0 0 0 0 New European Workers' Party 6811 0 3177 0 0 0 0 New #003366 Christian Bavarian People's Party 6720 0 4876 0 0 0 0 New International Marxist Group 4759 0 2037 0 0 0 0 New Action Community Fourth Party 4723 0 2636 0 0 0 0 New 5%-Block 2940 0 985 0 0 0 0 New Independent Workers' Party 765 0 499 0 0 0 0 New United Left 701 0 217 0 0 0 0 New red Right and Freedom Party 227 0 0 0 0 New Independents and voter groups 3706 0 0 0 0 0 343253 470109 0 42058015 42058015 Bundeswahlleiter #F0C219 Results by state Constituency seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUCSUBaden-Württemberg36432Bavaria44440Bremen33Hamburg88Hesse22175Lower Saxony301812North Rhine-Westphalia734528Rhineland-Palatinate16610Saarland532Schleswig-Holstein1165Total2481149440 List seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUFDPCSUBaden-Württemberg352267Bavaria4425613Bremen22Hamburg651Hesse255164Lower Saxony3211165North Rhine-Westphalia75253812Rhineland-Palatinate15762Saarland312Schleswig-Holstein11452Total248100963913 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. Notes References External links The Federal Returning Officer Psephos Category:Federal elections in Germany Category:1976 elections in Germany Category:Helmut Schmidt Category:1976 in West Germany Category:October 1976 in Europe