1998 Lower Saxony state election

State election in Lower Saxony, Germany 1998 Lower Saxony state election Lower Saxony parliamentary no 1994 Lower Saxony state election 1994 2003 Lower Saxony state election 2003 All 157 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 79 1 March 1998 4,314,932 (73.8%) 0.0% 120px Gerhard Schröder Social Democratic Party of Germany 81 seats, 44.3% 83 2 2,068,477 47.9% 3.6% 110px Christian Wulff Christian Democratic Union of Germany 67 seats, 36.4% 62 5 1,549,227 35.9% 0.5% Alliance 90/The Greens 13 seats, 7.4% 12 1 304,193 7.0% 0.4% 1998 Lower Saxony state election.svg 350px Results for the single-member constituencies Minister-President Gerhard Schröder Social Democratic Party of Germany Gerhard Schröder Social Democratic Party of Germany The 1998 Lower Saxony state election was held on 1 March 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder was returned with an increased majority. Schröder was subsequently re-elected as minister-president. Schröder took the election as a test run for a potential federal election in September. He said that if the SPD received less than 42 percent of the vote, he would rule out a bid to become the party's chancellor candidate. Achieving 47.9 percent of the vote, he later announced his (successful) candidacy and went on to form the first federal SPD-led government since 1982.Pulzer, Peter. "The German Federal Election of 1998." West European Politics July 1999: 241–249. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germanyde Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Gerhard Schröder 44.3% 81 161 Social Democratic Party of Germany CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germanyde Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Christian Wulff 36.4% 67 161 Christian Democratic Union of Germany Grüne Alliance 90/The Greensde Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Green politics 7.4% 13 161 Alliance 90/The Greens Election result Summary of the 1 March 1998 election results for the Landtag of Lower Saxony |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=Social Democratic Party of Germany| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 2,068,477 | align=right| 47.9 | align=right| 3.6 | align=right| 83 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 52.9 |- | bgcolor=Christian Democratic Union of Germany| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,549,227 | align=right| 35.9 | align=right| 0.5 | align=right| 62 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 39.5 |- | bgcolor=Alliance 90/The Greens| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 304,193 | align=right| 7.0 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 12 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 7.6 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=Free Democratic Party (Germany)| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 209,610 | align=right| 4.9 | align=right| 0.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=The Republicans (Germany)| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 118,975 | align=right| 2.8 | align=right| 0.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Other| | align=left | Others | align=right| 64,450 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 4,314,932 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 157 ! align=right| 4 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 73.8 ! align=right| 0.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |} Popular Vote #ddd 600px 410px SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 47.94 CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 35.90 B'90/GRÜNE Alliance 90/The Greens 7.05 FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 4.86 REP The Republicans (Germany) 2.76 Other #777777 1.49 Landtag seats #ddd 600px 410px SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 52.87 CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 39.49 B'90/GRÜNE Alliance 90/The Greens 7.64 References Sources The Federal Returning Officer 1998 Lower Saxony Lower Saxony state election Category:1990s in Lower Saxony