Election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 1971

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(in %)

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

50.4

38.2

8.4

2.3

0.6

SPD

CDU

FDP

SEW

AUD

Gains and losses

compared to 1967

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-6.5

+5.3

+1.3

+0.3

-0.5

SPD

CDU

FDP

SEW

AUD

   

A total of 138 seats

• SPD : 73
• FDP : 11
• CDU : 54

The election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 1971 took place on March 14th.

The governing mayor, Klaus Schütz, who has been in office since October 19, 1967, took office for the SPD for the first time .

Schütz, Senator for Federal Affairs under Willy Brandt until 1966 , had gone to Bonn with him, but already succeeded Heinrich Albertz in October 1967, who had resigned from his office after the death of student Benno Ohnesorg and considerable internal party squabbles.

Peter Lorenz competed for the CDU for the first time .

The SPD was able to maintain its absolute majority with 50.4% of the votes , but suffered a loss of 6.5 percentage points. The CDU increased by 5.3 percentage points to 38.2% of the vote, the FDP , the SPD's previous coalition partner, increased by 1.3 percentage points to 8.4% of the vote.

Klaus Schütz now formed a pure SPD Senate, the Union and FDP went into opposition.

See also : List of members of the Berlin House of Representatives (6th electoral term)

Election March 14, 1971
Eligible voters	1,652,916
voter turnout	1,469,633	88.9%
SPD	730.240	50.4%	73 mand.
CDU	553.422	38.2%	54 mand.
FDP	122.310	8.4%	11 mand.
SEW	33,845	2.3%	- Mand.
AUD	9,136	0.6%	- Mand.
to hum		100.0%	138 mand.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election to the Berlin House of Representatives on March 14, 1971 , Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg
2. ^ Election to the Berlin House of Representatives on March 12, 1967 , Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg