1979 European Parliament election in West Germany

1979 European Parliament election in West Germany[1]
10 June 1979 (1979-06-10)[1] 1984 →
All 81 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout65.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Helmut Kohl Willy Brandt Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Party CDU/CSU SPD FDP
Seats won 42 35 4
Popular vote 13,700,205 11,370,045 1,662,621
Percentage 49.2% 40.8% 6.0%

An election of the delegation from West Germany to the first directly elected European Parliament was held in 1979.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party11,370,04540.8334
Christian Democratic Union10,883,08539.0832
Christian Social Union2,817,12010.128
Free Democratic Party 1,662,6215.974
The Greens893,6833.210
German Communist Party112,0550.400
Christian Bavarian People's Party45,3110.160
European Workers' Party31,8220.110
Centre Party31,3670.110
Total27,847,109100.0078
Valid votes27,847,10999.10
Invalid/blank votes251,7630.90
Total votes28,098,872100.00
Registered voters/turnout42,751,94065.73
Source: Federal Statistics Office

West Berlin, due to its special status, was ineligible to participate in the election.[2] Instead, the city legislature indirectly elected three members:

PartySeats
Christian Democratic Union2
Social Democratic Party1
Total3
Source: Wahlen-in-Deutschland.de

References

  1. ^ a b "Wahl zum 1. Europäischen Parlament am 10. Juni 1979" (in German). Bundeswahlleiter. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ The Bulletin Archived 14 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Issues 1–3, 1979, page 6
  • Archivo electoral de la Generalidad Valenciana


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