1998 German federal election

1998 German federal election
27 September 1998
Registered60,762,751 (Increase 0.5%)
Turnout82.2% (Increase 3.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Candidate Gerhard Schröder Helmut Kohl Joschka Fischer
Party SPD CDU Green
Last election 36.4%, 252 seats 41.4%, 294 seats 7.3%, 49 seats
Seats won 298 245 47
Seat change Increase 46 Decrease 49 Decrease 2
Popular vote 20,181,269 17,329,388 3,301,624
Percentage 40.9% 35.1% 6.7%
Swing Increase 4.5 pp Decrease 6.3 pp Decrease 0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Candidate Wolfgang Gerhardt Lothar Bisky
Party FDP PDS
Last election 6.9%%, 47 seats 4.4%, 30 seats
Seats won 43 36
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 6
Popular vote 3,080,955 2,515,454
Percentage 6.2% 5.1%
Swing Decrease 0.7 pp Increase 0.7 pp
Government before election

Kohl V
CDU

 Government after election

Schröder I
SDP

The 1998 German federal election was place on 27 September 1998.[1][2]"[2][3]

Opinion polls

Polling for the 1998 German federal election

References

  1. ↑ James, Peter (2000). "The 1998 German Federal Election". Politics. 20 (1): 33–38. doi:10.1111/1467-9256.00108. ISSN 0263-3957. S2CID 143788580.
  2. 1 2 Pulzer, Peter. "The German Federal Election of 1998." West European Politics July 1999: 241–249.
  3. ↑ Green, Simon. "The 1998 German Bundestag election: The end of an era." Parliamentary Affairs Apr 1999: 52. :Pg. 306–320. LexisNexis Academic. Leslie F. Maplass Library, Macomb, IL. 24 Feb
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