State election in Lower Saxony in 1967
The election for the 6th Lower Saxony State Parliament took place on June 4, 1967.
Result
The SPD was the strongest force with 43.1 percent, ahead of the CDU with 41.7 percent. This enabled the grand coalition that had existed since 1965 to continue to govern. Prime Minister Georg Diederichs (SPD) remained in office, his deputy was Richard Langeheine (CDU), cf. Cabinet of Diederich IV .
Eligible voters: 4,760,327
Voters: 3,608,656 (turnout: 75.81%)
Valid votes: 3,571,558
| Political party | be right | Share in% |
Direct MAN date |
Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,538,776 | 43.08 | 58 | 66 |
| CDU | 1,491,092 | 41.75 | 37 | 63 |
| NPD | 249.197 | 6.98 | 10 | |
| FDP | 245.318 | 6.87 | 10 | |
| DFU | 29,273 | 0.82 | ||
| UWG | 14,719 | 0.41 | ||
| EFP | 2,101 | 0.06 | ||
| FSU | 1,082 | 0.03 | ||
| Total | 3,571,558 | 95 | 149 |
The election campaign had been weak, as the alliance in Hanover was to be continued with a view to the grand coalition in Bonn. Even in the event that the CDU had become the strongest party, Georg Diederichs (SPD) should remain Prime Minister. A political bang was the first time the NPD entered the state parliament with 7 percent of the vote. It was even slightly stronger than the FDP . In winter, opinion polls gave her even 15 percent credit. However, internal quarrels had caused a change in the climate of opinion. This fell in the middle of her brief high phase, during which she was able to enter some state parliaments, but just missed entry into the Bundestag in 1969. The SPD was only just ahead of the CDU, which won over 40 percent of the vote for the first time. With a loss of just under 2 percent, it had suffered the third election defeat since the formation of the grand coalition under Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU). The grand coalition under Georg Diederichs (SPD) continued, as expected.
The coalition broke up during the legislative period, as the CDU had become the strongest parliamentary group after exceeding its mandate and demanded more influence on Lower Saxony's voting behavior in the Federal Council. In 1970 the state parliament was therefore dissolved, so that early elections to a state parliament were held for the first time in the Federal Republic .
See also
literature
Claus A. Fischer (Ed.): Election manual for the Federal Republic of Germany. Data on Bundestag, Landtag and European elections in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the federal states and in the districts 1946–1989, 2nd half volume , Paderborn 1990.
Web links
- Results at Wahlen-in-Deutschland.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ WAHLEN / LOWER SAXONY: That would be something . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1967 ( online ).
- ↑ ELECTIONS / LOWER SAXONY: Always a victim . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1967 ( online ).
- ↑ STATES: Dancing dolls . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1970 ( online ).
