1987 West German federal election

none yes March 2025 West Germany parliamentary 1983 West German federal election 1983 yes 1987 01 25 1990 German federal election 1990(reunification) List of members of the 10th Bundestag List of members of the 11th Bundestag All 497 seats in the BundestagAs well as 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin, elected by the West Berlin Legislature. 249 45,327,982 2.8% 38,225,294 (84.3%) 4.8 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074398-0021 Kohl (cropped).jpg 128 120 160 0 0 Helmut Kohl CDU/CSU 48.8%, 244 seats 223As well as 11 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 21 16,761,572 44.3% 4.5 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F073494-0025, Bundespressekonferenz, Bundestagswahlkampf, Rau.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Johannes Rau Social Democratic Party of Germany 38.2%, 193 seats 186As well as 7 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 7 14,025,763 37.0% 1.2 pp Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F052010-0020, Kiel, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Bangemann.jpg 120 120 160 10 0 Martin Bangemann Free Democratic Party (Germany) 6.9%, 34 seats 46As well as 2 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 12 3,440,911 9.1% 2.2 pp Petra Kelly, 1987 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Petra Kelly Alliance 90/The Greens 5.6%, 27 seats 42As well as 2 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 15 3,126,256 8.3% 2.7 pp 1987 West German federal election.svg 325px 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 Second Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP Government after election Third Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP A federal election was held in West Germany on 25 January 1987 to elect the members of the 11th Bundestag.Pulzer Peter 1987 The west German federal election of 25 January 1987 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900229 Electoral Studies 6 2 149–154 10.1016/0261-3794(87)90022-9 0261-3794 subscription This was the last federal election held in West Germany before German reunification. Issues and campaign September 2021 The SPD nominated Johannes Rau, their vice chairman and the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, as their candidate for Chancellor. However, the SPD suffered from internal divisions and competition with the Greens. September 2021 It was also unclear as to how they would form a government, as the Greens were divided over whether to take part in governments. September 2021 One of the major issues in this election was the environment, after the Chernobyl disaster and other accidents. September 2021 Results Party-list Constituency Elected West Berlin Total +/– File:Bundestag 1987.svg Social Democratic Party 14025763 107 14787953 79 186 7 193 –9 Christian Democratic Union 13045745 50 14168527 124 174 11 185 –17 Christian Social Union 3715827 4 3859244 45 49 0 49 –4 Free Democratic Party 3440911 46 1760496 0 46 2 48 +13 The Greens 3126256 42 2649459 0 42 2 44 +16 National Democratic Party 227054 0 182880 0 0 0 0 0 Ecological Democratic Party 109152 0 40765 0 0 0 0 0 The Women 62904 0 0 0 0 New #FFA500 Bavaria Party 26367 0 8024 0 0 0 0 0 Responsible Citizens 24630 0 611 0 0 0 0 New Patriots for Germany 22732 0 27352 0 0 0 0 New #003366 Centre Party 19035 0 4020 0 0 0 0 New Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany 13422 0 596 0 0 0 0 New Christian Bavarian People's Party 5282 0 741 0 0 0 0 0 All Social Insurants and Pensioners 1834 0 3151 0 0 0 0 New Free German Workers' Party 405 0 349 0 0 0 0 New Humanist Party 788 0 0 0 0 New #FFA500 Solidarity 754 0 0 0 0 New Independent Workers' Party 352 0 0 0 0 New Family Party 130 0 0 0 0 New Free Social Union 110 0 0 0 0 New #15A1DD Independents and voter groups 246511 0 0 0 0 0 357975 482481 –1 45327982 45327982 Bundeswahlleiter thumbnail|320px|Seat results – SPD in red, Greens in green, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black Results by state Constituency seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDCSUBaden-Württemberg37361Bavaria4545Bremen33Hamburg725Hesse22148Lower Saxony311813North Rhine-Westphalia713338Rhineland-Palatinate16115Saarland523Schleswig-Holstein1183Total2481247945 List seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUFDPGrüneCSUBaden-Württemberg372197Bavaria4224774Bremen4211Hamburg71312Hesse2310544Lower Saxony3213865North Rhine-Westphalia7224251211Rhineland-Palatinate167432Saarland51211Schleswig-Holstein116122Total2491075046424 Aftermath The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Kohl as Chancellor. The Greens came into parliament for the second time and seemed to be established on federal level. Co-option of East German Volkskammer after reunification Germany 1987 1990 yes 1990 10 3 All 663 seats in the Bundestag 332 Co-optation of Volkskammer members into the Bundestag yes Christian Democratic Union of Germany Helmut Kohl 248 185 Christian Social Union in Bavaria Theodor Waigel 49 49 Social Democratic Party of Germany Hans-Jochen Vogel 226 186 Free Democratic Party (Germany) Otto Graf Lambsdorff 57 46 Alliance 90/The Greens Petra Kelly 51 42 Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) Gregor Gysi 23 New German Social Union (East Germany) Hansjoachim Walther 8 New United Left Thomas Klein #800080 1 New Government Third Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP Government after election Third Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU/DSU–FDP Bundestag 1987 after cooptations.svg In order to determine the composition of the East German representatives in the Bundestag between German reunification and the first post-reunification elections in December 1990, the results of the 1990 East German general election were recounted, using the new states of Germany as constituencies. This was possible since the original election results were declared on the Kreis level, and the states were re-established by simply amalgamating Kreise together. The results in each Kreis forming a state were summed up to determine the statewide result. The recount fixed the number of Volkskammer members from each party who would be co-opted into the Bundestag elected in 1987.Mandatsverteilung der ehemaligen Volkskammerabgeordneten im XI. Bundestag am 03.10.1990 https://web.archive.org/web/20221003171756/https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/bovkBundestag.htm 2022-10-03 Wahlen in Deutschland The 22 Non-voting representatives of West Berlin already became full voting members on 8 June 1990, in advance of unification. Co-optation results Votes 1990 East German general election StateCDUSPDPDSDSUBFDB90DBDG–UFVDANDPDDFDVL Others Brandenburg 615,975 33.6 548,912 29.9 335,822 18.3 61,001 3.3 86,188 4.7 59,945 3.3 51,678 2.8 39,359 2.1 13,869 0.8 8,392 0.5 2,763 0.2 3,637 0.2 7,763 0.4 East Berlin 161,960 18.3 308,833 34.8 267,834 30.2 19,733 2.2 26,591 3.0 56,078 6.3 4,065 0.5 23,565 2.7 9,032 1.0 1,558 0.2 – – 2,863 0.3 4,070 0.4 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 486,038 36.3 313,020 23.4 305,123 22.8 31,947 2.4 47,981 3.6 31,678 2.4 65,422 4.9 26,785 2.0 8,152 0.6 6,849 0.5 5,193 0.4 2,218 0.2 7,161 0.5 Saxony 1,506,832 43.4 522,580 15.1 472,037 13.6 454,298 13.1 197,644 5.7 102,987 3.0 65,274 1.9 60,667 1.7 32,282 0.9 13,711 0.4 13,955 0.4 5,348 0.2 23,739 0.7 Saxony-Anhalt 933,276 44.5 496,606 23.7 293,605 14.0 50,393 2.4 161,580 7.7 46,255 2.2 37,696 1.8 36,978 1.8 12,650 0.6 7,351 0.4 9,402 0.4 3,410 0.2 6,053 0.3 Thuringia 1,006,517 52.5 335,583 17.5 217,960 11.4 110,358 5.8 88,951 4.6 39,131 2.0 27,091 1.4 39,578 2.1 30,161 1.6 6,431 0.3 6,879 0.4 2,866 0.1 3,987 0.2 Seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDPDSFDPDSUB90/GVLBrandenburg 22 8 7 4 1 1 1BerlinTotal 33 13 11 2 3 1 1East 11 2 4 2 1 1 1West 22 11 7 2 2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 17 7 4 4 1 1Saxony 43 20 7 6 3 5 2Saxony-Anhalt 27 12 7 4 2 1 1Thuringia 24 14 4 3 1 1 1Total (East Germany Only)1446333239871Total (Including West Berlin)16674402311891 Notes References Sources The Federal Returning Officer Psephos Category:Federal elections in Germany Federal Category:Helmut Kohl West Germany Federal