1980 West German federal election

yes none September 2022 1980 West German federal election West Germany parliamentary no 1976 West German federal election 1976 yes 1980 10 05 1983 West German federal election 1983 List of members of the 8th Bundestag List of members of the 9th Bundestag All 497 seats in the BundestagAs well as the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin, elected by the West Berlin Legislature. 249 43,231,741 2.8% 38,292,176 (88.6%) 2.1 pp Franz Josef Strauß 1982 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Franz-Josef Strauss CDU/CSU 48.6%, 243 seats 226As well as 11 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 17 16,897,659 44.5% 4.1 pp Helmut Schmidt at Andrews AFB 1981 (cropped).JPEG 120 120 160 0 0 Helmut Schmidt Social Democratic Party of Germany 42.6%, 214 seats 218As well as 10 non-voting delegates for West Berlin. 4 16,260,677 42.9% 0.3 pp Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Hans-Dietrich Genscher Free Democratic Party (Germany) 7.9%, 39 seats 53As well as 1 non-voting delegate for West Berlin. 14 4,030,999 10.6% 2.7 pp 1980 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 Second Schmidt cabinet SPD–FDP Government after election Third Schmidt cabinet SPD–FDP A federal election was held in West Germany on 5 October 1980 to elect the members of the 9th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party remained Chancellor. Issues and campaign Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the SPD-FDP coalition wanted to be re-elected. The CDU/CSU candidate for Chancellor was CSU leader Franz Josef Strauß. It was the first time that their candidate was from the CSU. Strauß, immensely popular in Bavaria, found it difficult to appeal to people in other parts of Germany. One important reason for Strauss's unpopularity compared to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, was his tendency to talk sharply and militantly about his political opponents. Schmidt, by contrast, was still seen by many West German voters as a moderate and practical manager and doer, who focused on getting concrete political and economic results more than on political rhetoric.Bjøl Erling History of the Nations WSOY 1984 Grimberg Carl 22: From Peace to the Cold War Helsinki 495, 497–499Bjøl Erling History of the Nations WSOY 1984 Grimberg Carl 23: The Rich West Helsinki 353–356Bark Dennis L. A history of West Germany Gress David Blackwell 1989 0-631-16787-0 2: Democracy and Its Discontents, 1963–1988 Oxford, UK "The Era of Macher [Doer]" 18907067 Results Party-list Constituency Elected West Berlin Total +/– File:Bundestag 1980.svg Social Democratic Party 16260677 91 16808861 127 218 10 228 +4 Christian Democratic Union 12989200 93 13467207 81 174 11 185 –16 Free Democratic Party 4030999 53 2720480 0 53 1 54 +14 Christian Social Union 3908459 12 3941365 40 52 0 52 –1 The Greens 569589 0 732619 0 0 0 0 New German Communist Party 71600 0 107158 0 0 0 0 0 National Democratic Party 68096 0 0 0 0 0 Citizens' Party 11256 0 507 0 0 0 0 New People's Front Against Reaction, Fascism and War 9319 0 7160 0 0 0 0 New Communist League of West Germany 8174 0 12008 0 0 0 0 0 European Workers' Party 7666 0 4992 0 0 0 0 0 #003366 Christian Bavarian People's Party 3946 0 0 0 0 0 German Union 421 0 0 0 0 New Independent Workers' Party 159 0 0 0 0 0 German Freedom Party 96 0 0 0 0 New Independents and voter groups 3498 0 0 0 0 0 353115 485645 +1 43231741 43231741 Bundeswahlleiter thumbnail|320px|Seat results – SPD in red, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black Results by state Constituency seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUCSUBaden-Württemberg37631Bavaria45540Bremen33Hamburg77Hesse22193Lower Saxony31238North Rhine-Westphalia714427Rhineland-Palatinate16610Saarland532Schleswig-Holstein1111Total2481278140 List seats StateTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDFDPCSUBaden-Württemberg355219Bavaria4425712Bremen11Hamburg642Hesse241635Lower Saxony321877North Rhine-Westphalia76332617Rhineland-Palatinate16583Saarland321Schleswig-Holstein1293Total24993915312 Post-election The coalition between the SPD and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. In 1982, the FDP quit the government, which led to the government's collapse and replacement with a new CDU/CSU – FDP coalition under Helmut Kohl. Notes References Sources The Federal Returning Officer Psephos Category:Federal elections in Germany Federal Category:Helmut Schmidt West Germany Federal