West German federal election, 1976
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The 8th German federal election, 1976, was conducted on October 3, 1976, to elect members to the Bundestag (parliament) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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[edit] Issues and Campaign
The coalition of SPD and FDP wanted to be reelect, now for the first time with Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. CDU and CSU tried to achieve an absolute majority of the votes to make CDU chairman Helmut Kohl Chancellor.
[edit] Results
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | |||
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| Social Democratic Party | 16,099,019 | 42.6% | -3.2% | 214 | -16 | 43.1% | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 2,995,085 | 7.9% | -0.5% | 39 | -2 | 7.9% | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 14,367,302 | 38.0% | +2.8% | 190 | +13 | 38.3% | |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 4,027,499 | 10.6% | +1.0% | 53 | +5 | 10.7% | |
| All Others | 333,595 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
| Totals | 37,822,500 | 100.0% | 496 | +0 | 100.0% | ||
[edit] Post-election
The coalition between the SPD and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. Between the "sister parties" of CDU and Bavarian CSU there emerged a critical conflict, as the CSU leader Franz Josef Strauß wanted to break both the united Bundestag group of the parties and the agreement not to compete against each other in any Land. Later, this attack was withdrawn, while Strauß became candidate for chancellor for the 1980 elections.
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