1987 West German federal election

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25January1987(1987年01月25日)

1990
(reunification) →

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All 497 seats in the Bundestag ^[a]
249 seats needed for a majority

Registered

45,327,982 [画像:Increase] 2.8%

Turnout

38,225,294 (84.3%) [画像:Decrease] 4.8 pp

	First party	Second party

Candidate	Helmut Kohl	Johannes Rau
Party	CDU/CSU	SPD
Lastelection	48.8%, 244 seats	38.2%, 193 seats
Seatswon	223^[b]	186^[c]
Seatchange	[画像:Decrease] 21	[画像:Decrease] 7
Popularvote	16,761,572	14,025,763
Percentage	44.3%	37.0%
Swing	[画像:Decrease] 4.5 pp	[画像:Decrease] 1.2 pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Candidate	Martin Bangemann	Petra Kelly
Party	FDP	Greens
Lastelection	6.9%, 34 seats	5.6%, 27 seats
Seatswon	46^[d]	42^[e]
Seatchange	[画像:Increase] 12	[画像:Increase] 15
Popularvote	3,440,911	3,126,256
Percentage	9.1%	8.3%
Swing	[画像:Increase] 2.2 pp	[画像:Increase] 2.7 pp

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 before election

Second Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSU-FDP

Government after election

Third Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSU-FDP

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A federal election was held in West Germany on 25 January 1987 to elect the members of the 11th Bundestag.^[1] This was the last federal election held in West Germany before German reunification.

Issues and campaign

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The SPD nominated Johannes Rau, their vice chairman and the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, as their candidate for Chancellor. However, the SPD suffered from internal divisions and competition with the Greens.^{[citation needed ]} It was also unclear as to how they would form a government, as the Greens were divided over whether to take part in governments.^{[citation needed ]}

One of the major issues in this election was the environment, after the Chernobyl disaster and other accidents.^{[citation needed ]}

Results


Party		Party-list			Constituency			Seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Elected	West Berlin	Total	+/–
Social Democratic Party	14,025,763	37.04	107	14,787,953	39.18	79	186	7	193	–9
Christian Democratic Union	13,045,745	34.45	50	14,168,527	37.54	124	174	11	185	–17
Christian Social Union	3,715,827	9.81	4	3,859,244	10.23	45	49	0	49	–4
Free Democratic Party	3,440,911	9.09	46	1,760,496	4.66	0	46	2	48	+13
The Greens	3,126,256	8.26	42	2,649,459	7.02	0	42	2	44	+16
National Democratic Party	227,054	0.60	0	182,880	0.48	0	0	0	0	0
Ecological Democratic Party	109,152	0.29	0	40,765	0.11	0	0	0	0	0
The Women	62,904	0.17	0	0	0	0	New
Bavaria Party	26,367	0.07	0	8,024	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
Responsible Citizens	24,630	0.07	0	611	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Patriots for Germany	22,732	0.06	0	27,352	0.07	0	0	0	0	New
Centre Party	19,035	0.05	0	4,020	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany	13,422	0.04	0	596	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Christian Bavarian People's Party	5,282	0.01	0	741	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
All Social Insurants and Pensioners	1,834	0.00	0	3,151	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
Free German Workers' Party	405	0.00	0	349	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Humanist Party	788	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Solidarity	754	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Independent Workers' Party	352	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Family Party	130	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Free Social Union	110	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
Independents and voter groups	246,511	0.65	0	0	0	0	0
Total		37,867,319	100.00	249	37,742,813	100.00	248	497	22	519	–1
Valid votes		37,867,319	99.06	37,742,813	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		357,975	0.94	482,481	1.26
Total votes		38,225,294	100.00	38,225,294	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,327,982	84.33	45,327,982	84.33
Source: Bundeswahlleiter

Seat results – SPD in red, Greens in green, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black

Results by state

Constituency seats

State	Total seats	Seats won
		CDU	SPD	CSU

Baden-Württemberg	37	36	1
Bavaria	45	45
Bremen	3	3
Hamburg	7	2	5
Hesse	22	14	8
Lower Saxony	31	18	13
North Rhine-Westphalia	71	33	38
Rhineland-Palatinate	16	11	5
Saarland	5	2	3
Schleswig-Holstein	11	8	3
Total	248	124	79	45

List seats

State	Total seats	Seats won
		SPD	CDU	FDP	Grüne	CSU

Baden-Württemberg	37	21	9	7
Bavaria	42	24	7	7	4
Bremen	4	2	1	1
Hamburg	7	1	3	1	2
Hesse	23	10	5	4	4
Lower Saxony	32	13	8	6	5
North Rhine-Westphalia	72	24	25	12	11
Rhineland-Palatinate	16	7	4	3	2
Saarland	5	1	2	1	1
Schleswig-Holstein	11	6	1	2	2
Total	249	107	50	46	42	4

Aftermath

The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, with Helmut Kohl as Chancellor. The Greens came into parliament for the second time and seemed to be established on federal level.

Co-option of East German Volkskammer after reunification

Co-optation of Volkskammer members into the Bundestag

←1987

3October1990(1990年10月03日)

1990 →

All 663 seats in the Bundestag
332 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Seats
CDU	Helmut Kohl	248	+63
CSU	Theodor Waigel	49	0
SPD	Hans-Jochen Vogel	226	+40
FDP	Otto Graf Lambsdorff	57	+11
Greens	Petra Kelly	51	+9
PDS	Gregor Gysi	23	New
DSU	Hansjoachim Walther	8	New
United Left	Thomas Klein	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Government before	Government after election
Third Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU-FDP	Third Kohl cabinet CDU/CSU/DSU–FDP

In order to determine the composition of the East German representatives in the Bundestag between German reunification and the first post-reunification elections in December 1990, the results of the 1990 East German general election were recounted, using the new states of Germany as constituencies. This was possible since the original election results were declared on the Kreis level, and the states were re-established by simply amalgamating Kreise together. The results in each Kreis forming a state were summed up to determine the statewide result. The recount fixed the number of Volkskammer members from each party who would be co-opted into the Bundestag elected in 1987.^[2] The 22 Non-voting representatives of West Berlin already became full voting members on 8 June 1990, in advance of unification.

Co-optation results

Votes

Main article: 1990 East German general election

State	CDU		SPD		PDS		DSU		BFD		B90		DBD		G–UFV		DA		NDPD		DFD		VL		Others
State																									Others
Brandenburg	615,975	33.6	548,912	29.9	335,822	18.3	61,001	3.3	86,188	4.7	59,945	3.3	51,678	2.8	39,359	2.1	13,869	0.8	8,392	0.5	2,763	0.2	3,637	0.2	7,763	0.4
East Berlin	161,960	18.3	308,833	34.8	267,834	30.2	19,733	2.2	26,591	3.0	56,078	6.3	4,065	0.5	23,565	2.7	9,032	1.0	1,558	0.2	–	–	2,863	0.3	4,070	0.4
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	486,038	36.3	313,020	23.4	305,123	22.8	31,947	2.4	47,981	3.6	31,678	2.4	65,422	4.9	26,785	2.0	8,152	0.6	6,849	0.5	5,193	0.4	2,218	0.2	7,161	0.5
Saxony	1,506,832	43.4	522,580	15.1	472,037	13.6	454,298	13.1	197,644	5.7	102,987	3.0	65,274	1.9	60,667	1.7	32,282	0.9	13,711	0.4	13,955	0.4	5,348	0.2	23,739	0.7
Saxony-Anhalt	933,276	44.5	496,606	23.7	293,605	14.0	50,393	2.4	161,580	7.7	46,255	2.2	37,696	1.8	36,978	1.8	12,650	0.6	7,351	0.4	9,402	0.4	3,410	0.2	6,053	0.3
Thuringia	1,006,517	52.5	335,583	17.5	217,960	11.4	110,358	5.8	88,951	4.6	39,131	2.0	27,091	1.4	39,578	2.1	30,161	1.6	6,431	0.3	6,879	0.4	2,866	0.1	3,987	0.2

Seats

State		Total seats	Seats won
			CDU	SPD	PDS	FDP	DSU	B90/G	VL

Brandenburg		22	8	7	4	1	1	1
Berlin	Total	33	13	11	2	3	1	1
	East	11	2	4	2	1	1	1
	West	22	11	7	2	2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern		17	7	4	4	1	1
Saxony		43	20	7	6	3	5	2
Saxony-Anhalt		27	12	7	4	2	1	1
Thuringia		24	14	4	3	1	1	1
Total (East Germany Only)		144	63	33	23	9	8	7	1
Total (Including West Berlin)		166	74	40	23	11	8	9	1

Notes

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↑ As well as 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin, elected by the West Berlin Legislature.
↑ As well as 11 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.
↑ As well as 7 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.
↑ As well as 2 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.
↑ As well as 2 non-voting delegates for West Berlin.

References

↑ Pulzer, Peter (1987). "The west German federal election of 25 January 1987" . Electoral Studies. 6 (2): 149–154. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(87)90022-9. ISSN 0261-3794.
↑ Mandatsverteilung der ehemaligen Volkskammerabgeordneten im XI. Bundestag am 03.10.1990 Archived 2022年10月03日 at the Wayback Machine Wahlen in Deutschland

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