Election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 1979

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(Second votes in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.4

42.7

8.1

3.7

1.1

0.1

n. k.

CDU ^a

SPD

FDP

AL ^d

SEW

KBW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1975

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-2.5

+0.1

+1.0

+3.7

-0.7

± 0.0

-1.1

CDU ^a

SPD

FDP

AL ^d

SEW

KBW

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^a 1975: CDU 43.9% and BFD 3.4%

^d founded in 1978

   

A total of 135 seats

• SPD : 61
• FDP : 11
• CDU : 63

Opposition poster, thematizing the "Berlin felt"

The election to the Berlin House of Representatives on March 18, 1979 brought no major changes in Berlin.

The SPD , which stood for the first time under the new Governing Mayor Dietrich Stobbe , was able to maintain its position with 42.7% (+0.1 percentage points). On April 2, 1977, Dietrich Stobbe took over from Klaus Schütz , who had resigned as a result of several building scandals .

From this point of view and also against the background of the fact that the SPD had been in power in Berlin almost without interruption for over 30 years, it was considered uncertain before the election whether the SPD would be able to assert itself again.

For its part, the CDU received 44.4% of the votes (+0.5 percentage points) under its new top candidate Richard von Weizsäcker , the FDP got 8.1% of the votes (+1.0 percentage points).

Thereafter the social-liberal coalition under Dietrich Stobbe was continued.

See also : List of Members of the Berlin House of Representatives (8th electoral term)

Election of March 18, 1979
Eligible voters	1,533,728
voter turnout	1,310,553	85.4%
CDU	570.174	44.4%	63 mand.
SPD	548.060	42.7%	61 mand.
FDP	103.609	8.1%	11 mand.
AL	47,642	3.7%	- Mand.
SEW	13,744	1.1%	- Mand.
KBW	1,367	0.1%	- Mand.
to hum		100.0%	135 mand.

Web links

Commons : House of Representatives from Berlin election 1979  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election to the Berlin House of Representatives on March 18, 1979 , Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg
2. ^ Election to the Berlin House of Representatives on March 2, 1975 , Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg