State election in Lower Saxony in 1982
The election to the 10th Lower Saxony State Parliament took place on March 21, 1982. The CDU was able to increase its share of the vote and achieved an absolute majority of the votes and Ernst Albrecht (CDU) remained Prime Minister.
Initial requirements
Ernst Albrecht was elected Prime Minister in 1976 with votes from the social-liberal camp, although the CDU was in the opposition in the state parliament. In the subsequent state election in Lower Saxony in 1978 , the CDU achieved an absolute majority of the seats.
The 1982 election campaign was dominated by the agony of the social-liberal coalition in the federal government and the economic crisis. Even if the Bonn coalition was not to end until the liberal federal ministers resigned on September 17, 1982, a break in the coalition was discussed intensively even before the election. The departure of the SPD from the NATO double decision and nuclear power was a clear sign of a shift to the left by the SPD, which the federal government and FDP did not want to participate. The state election was therefore viewed as a pre-test for the following federal election. The last state election, the election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 1981 , was clearly won by the CDU.
The CDU stood with Albrecht, the SPD with Karl Ravens as the top candidate.
Results
- Eligible voters: 5,412,370
- Voters: 4206932 (turnout: 77.73%)
- Valid votes: 4178510
| Political party | be right | Share in% |
Direct MAN date |
Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2118137 | 50.69 | 87 | 87 |
| SPD | 1526346 | 36.53 | 13 | 63 |
| GREEN | 273338 | 6.54 | 11 | |
| FDP | 246959 | 5.91 | 10 | |
| DKP | 11552 | 0.28 | ||
| WOMEN | 586 | 0.01 | ||
| FU | 444 | 0.01 | ||
| EAP | 427 | 0.00 | ||
| DFU | 425 | 0.01 | ||
| Citizens' Party / Environmental Union | 97 | 0.00 | ||
| BWK | 80 | 0.00 | ||
| Individual applicants | 119 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 4178510 | 100 | 171 |
The CDU had 8 overhang mandates. As a result and through 8 equalization mandates (SPD 6, Greens and FDP 1 each) the state parliament increased from 155 to 171 seats.
consequences
Albrecht's government was confirmed and was able to continue to govern with an absolute majority. The Greens made the leap into the state parliament. This was the first time that the Greens were represented in the Landtag of a large state. The federal political discussion about the end of the social-liberal coalition was promoted by the relatively good performance of the FDP.
According to the Infas migration balance, the SPD lost voters in all directions: the CDU won 55,000 votes on balance, the Greens and the FDP each around 50,000 votes from the SPD. 36,000 former SPD voters were lost to the non-voters' camp.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Homann: State elections and federal politics in their mutual influence, 2005, ISBN 3638427684 , online
- ↑ Spiegel from March 29, 1982: Clear direction: Away from the SPD
