The German federal election, 1998 was conducted on September 27, 1998, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
Issues and Campaign
Results
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
|
| Social Democratic Party
| 20,181,269
| 40.9%
| +4.5%
| 295
| +43
| 44.5%
|
| Alliance '90/The Greens
| 3,301,624
| 6.7%
| -1.1%
| 47
| -2
| 7.0%
|
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 14,004,908
| 28.4%
| -5.8%
| 198
| -46
| 29.6%
|
| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 3,324,480
| 6.8%
| -0.6%
| 47
| -3
| 7.0%
|
| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 3,080,955
| 6.2%
| -0.2%
| 43
| -4
| 6.4%
|
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
| 2,515,454
| 5.1%
| +0.7%
| 36
| +6
| 5.4%
|
| All Others
| 2,899,822
| 5.9%
|
| 0
|
| 0.0%
|
| Totals
| 49,308,512
| 100.0%
|
| 669
| -3
| 100.0%
|
Post-election
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP no longer had a majority, so a new government was formed by a coalition between the SPD and the Greens, with the SPD's Gerhard Schröder, previously Minister-President of Lower Saxony, becoming chancellor. This was the first Red-Green coalition ever at the federal level, and Joschka Fischer became minister of foreign affairs as the highest Green in the government.
Helmut Kohl, touched by scandal, stepped down as head of the CDU, and the CSU head stepped down as well.
Sources
Last updated: 06-01-2005 20:57:42
