The 1980 Bundestag elections are the 9th democratic elections in Germany (West Germany), held on October 5 .
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| Parliamentary elections in Germany (1980) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| October 5, 1980 | |||
 |  |  | |
| Party head | Helmut Schmidt | Helmut Kohl | Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
| The consignment | SPD | CDU | FDP |
| Seats received | 228 | 185 | 54 |
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| Party head | Franz Joseph Strauss | ||
| The consignment | CSU | ||
| Seats received | 52 | ||
Chancellor for Peace and Freedom. Strauss with his daughter Monica on the election poster, 1980
The CDU / CSU candidate for the post of Federal Chancellor was nominated by the Chairman of the CSU, Franz Josef Strauss. During the election campaign, he made a statement that the "eastern treaties" would be respected. The CDU / CSU were defeated, and for Christian Democrats, the results were the worst since the 1949 election. Strauss was a vivid exponent of the interests and views of his conservative electorate (including immigrants from Eastern European countries), and for the center, and even more so for the left, it was a source of concern, causing rejection.
Summary
| The consignment | Votes on party lists | Party Lists | Votes by constituency | Seats by constituency | Total places | Δ | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 16,260,677 (42.9%) | 91 | 16,808,861 (44.5%) | 127 | 228 | ▲ 4 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 13,467,207 (34.2%) | 93 | 12,999,200 (35.6%) | 81 | 185 | ▼ 16 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 4,030,999 (10.6%) | 53 | 2 720 480 (7.2%) | 0 | 53 | ▲ 14 | |
| Christian Social Union | 3 908 459 (10.3%) | 40 | 3 941 365 (10.4%) | 12 | 52 | ▼ 1 | |
| Green | 569 589 (1.5%) | 0 | 732 619 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| German Communist Party | 71 600 (0.2%) | 0 | 107 158 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | 68 096 (0.2%) | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 40 361 (0%) | 0 | 28,841 (0%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overall result | 37 938 981 | 100 % | 37 806 531 | 100 % | 519 |