1975 West Berlin state election

West Berlin election August 2022 The election to the Berlin House of Representatives occurred on March 2, 1975. The election campaign was marked by the kidnapping of the CDU top candidate, Peter Lorenz. Lorenz was kidnapped three days before the election by 2 June Movement who demanded the release of six of their comrades. This left incumbent SPD mayor Klaus Schütz in the somewhat awkward position of having to determine, so to speak, the life of his challenger. After the federal government gave in to the demands by the 2 June Movement, Peter Lorenz was released two days after the election. In the election the SPD lost 7.8 percentage points in the election, and with 42.6% of the vote lost its absolute majority that it had held since 1954. The election results gave the power of determining the governing coalition to the FDP. After negotiations, incumbent SPD mayor Klaus Schütz was able to be re-elected at the head of an SPD-FDP government. 2 March 1975 1975 West Berlin state election legislative West Berlin yes 1971 West Berlin state election 1971 1979 West Berlin state election 1979 File:KAS-Lorenz, Peter-Bild-4218-1.jpg Christian Democratic Union of Germany Peter Lorenz 54 seats, 38.2% 54 69 File:Klaus_Schütz_thumb.jpg Klaus Schütz Social Democratic Party of Germany 73 seats, 50.4% 73 67 6 15 Free Democratic Party (Germany) 11 seats, 8.4% 11 11 74 All 147 seats in the House of Representatives 604,007 585,605 97,969 43.9% 42.6% 7.1% 5.7% 7.8% 1.3% Mayor Klaus Schütz Social Democratic Party of Germany Klaus Schütz Social Democratic Party of GermanyFile:1975 West Berlin House of Representatives.svg Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party of Germany Free Democratic Party Confederation of Free Germany Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin Socialist Unity Party of Germany Communist Party of Germany Others 604007 585605 97969 46691 25105 10125 6020 69 67 11 5.7% 7.8% 1.3% 3.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.1% 15 6 0 0 0 0 Summary of the results of the 2 March 1975 election to Berlin's Abgeordnetenhaus German Wikipedia https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/26/archives/brandt-joins-state-election-drives.html https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/02/archives/west-berlin-voting-today-as-candidate-is-still-held.html 1975 Category:1975 elections in Germany Category:1970s in West Berlin Category:March 1975 in Europe