State election in Saarland 1975
In the election to the 7th Saarland Landtag on May 4, 1975 , Prime Minister Franz-Josef Röder stood for re-election. Röders challenger was the SPD state and parliamentary group chairman Friedel Läpple .
While the SPD and FDP together achieved 49.2 percent of the vote, the CDU, which was previously the only ruling party, received 49.1 percent of the vote. This meant a number of mandates of 25 each for both camps. Only five parties ran for the state election. The Saarland People's Party , which in 1970 only received 0.9 percent of the vote, no longer ran in 1975.
Due to the stalemate , Röder ruled in a minority government until 1977 , until the FDP entered a coalition with the CDU in 1977 and Röder thus again had a majority capable of governing.
As a consequence of this result, the state parliament decided to increase the number of MPs to 51 in order to avoid future stalemates.
On June 25, 1979, Franz-Josef Röder announced his resignation and declared Werner Zeyer his desired successor. The day after this declaration, Röder died unexpectedly. Zeyer was then elected by the state parliament as the new head of government.
Result
The turnout was 88.8%.
| Political party | be right | percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 347.094 | 49.1% | 25th |
| SPD | 295,406 | 41.8% | 22nd |
| FDP / DPS | 52,100 | 7.4% | 3 |
| DKP | 6,864 | 1.0% | - |
| NPD | 4,774 | 0.7% | - |
