1974 West German presidential election

None 1974 West German presidential election Germany presidential no 1969 West German presidential election 1969 1979 West German presidential election 1979 Nominators 15 May 1974 150x150px Walter Scheel Free Democratic Party (Germany) FDP, SPD 530 150x150px Richard von Weizsäcker Christian Democratic Union (Germany) CDU/CSU 498 President Gustav Heinemann Social Democratic Party of Germany Walter Scheel Free Democratic Party (Germany) An indirect presidential election (officially the 6th Federal Convention) was held in West Germany on 15 May 1974. Though not term limited, incumbent Gustav Heinemann chose not to seek a second term. The government parties (SPD and FDP) nominated Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel; the Christian Democratic Union nominated Richard von Weizsäcker. Scheel won the election by 32 votes on the first ballot.Whitney Craig R. SCHEEL IS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN BONN https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/16/archives/scheel-is-elected-president-in-bonn.html 6 March 2025 The New York Times 16 May 1974 He served as president until 1979.Schudel Matt Walter Scheel, influential West German president and foreign minister, dies at 97 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/walter-scheel-influential-west-german-president-and-foreign-minister-dies-at-97/2016/08/24/b5b88018-6a15-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html 6 March 2025 The Washington Post 24 August 2016 Weizsäcker would later serve as president from 1984 to 1994.Richard Von Weizsäcker https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803120238422 Oxford Reference en Composition of the Federal Convention The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament. By Party By StatePartyMembersStateMembersCDU/CSU501Bundestag518SPD470Baden-Württemberg75FDP65Bavaria91Total1036Berlin17Bremen6Hamburg15Hesse46Lower Saxony62North Rhine-Westphalia143Rhineland-Palatinate33Saarland10Schleswig-Holstein22Total1036 Source: Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten am 18. März 2012 Results CandidatePartiesVotes%Walter ScheelFDP, SPD53051.2Richard von WeizsäckerCDU/CSU49848.1Abstentions50.5Invalid votes00.0Not present30.3Total1,036100Source: Bundestag References Category:1974 in West Germany 1974 Category:May 1974 in Europe Category:1974 elections in Germany Category:Walter Scheel Category:Richard von Weizsäcker