1979 European Parliament election in West Germany

1979 European Parliament election in West Germany

10 June 1979 (1979-06-10) 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 other political union/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. Instead, the city legislature indirectly elected three members:

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



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