The result was a clear victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of 106 seats in the Landtag with 48.4% of the vote. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declined to 43.2% and remained steady on 95 seats. The SPD's majority was ensured by the failure of the FDP to re-enter parliament: they fell just short of the 5% electoral threshold and lost all their seats. The SPD went on to form government alone for the first time in the state's history; Johannes Rau was re-elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 4 June.[1]
In the previous election held on 4 May 1975, the CDU remained the largest party with an improved lead over the SPD, while the FDP made small gains. The governing coalition retained its majority and was subsequently renewed. In September 1978, SPD parliamentary leader and culture minister Johannes Rau replaced Heinz Kühn as Minister-President.
PartiesEdit
The table below lists parties represented in the 8th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.
^ abThe CDU's original lead candidate was Heinrich Köppler, who died on 20 April, shortly before the election. Biedenkopf was appointed to replace him.
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1980, north, rhine, westphalia, state, election, held, 1980, elect, landtag, north, rhine, westphalia, outgoing, government, coalition, social, democratic, party, free, democratic, party, minister, president, johannes, 1975, 1980, 1985, seats, landtag, north, . The 1980 North Rhine Westphalia state election was held on 11 May 1980 to elect the 9th Landtag of North Rhine Westphalia The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party SPD and Free Democratic Party FDP led by Minister President Johannes Rau 1980 North Rhine Westphalia state election 1975 11 May 1980 1985 All 201 seats in the Landtag of North Rhine Westphalia101 seats needed for a majorityTurnout9 874 427 80 0 6 1pp First party Second party Third party Candidate Johannes Rau Kurt Biedenkopf a Liselotte FunckeParty SPD CDU FDPLast election 91 seats 45 1 95 seats 47 1 14 seats 6 7 Seats won 106 95 0Seat change 15 0 14Popular vote 4 756 103 4 240 885 489 225Percentage 48 4 43 2 4 98 Swing 3 3pp 3 9pp 1 7ppResults for the single member constituencies Government before electionFirst Rau cabinetSPD FDP Government after election Second Rau cabinetSPDThe result was a clear victory for the SPD who won an absolute majority of 106 seats in the Landtag with 48 4 of the vote The opposition Christian Democratic Union CDU declined to 43 2 and remained steady on 95 seats The SPD s majority was ensured by the failure of the FDP to re enter parliament they fell just short of the 5 electoral threshold and lost all their seats The SPD went on to form government alone for the first time in the state s history Johannes Rau was re elected Minister President by the Landtag on 4 June 1 Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Background 3 Parties 4 Results 5 External links 6 References 7 NotesElectoral system EditThe Landtag was elected via mixed member proportional representation 151 members were elected in single member constituencies via first past the post voting and fifty then allocated using compensatory proportional representation A single ballot was used for both An electoral threshold of 5 of valid votes is applied to the Landtag parties that fall below this threshold are ineligible to receive seats Background EditMain article 1975 North Rhine Westphalia state election In the previous election held on 4 May 1975 the CDU remained the largest party with an improved lead over the SPD while the FDP made small gains The governing coalition retained its majority and was subsequently renewed In September 1978 SPD parliamentary leader and culture minister Johannes Rau replaced Heinz Kuhn as Minister President Parties EditThe table below lists parties represented in the 8th Landtag of North Rhine Westphalia Name Ideology Leadcandidate 1975 resultVotes SeatsCDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Kurt Biedenkopf a 47 1 95 200SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Johannes Rau 45 1 91 200FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism Liselotte Funcke 6 7 14 200Results EditGraphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues PartyVotes SeatsCon ListTotal Social Democratic Party SPD 4 756 10348 44 3 319412106 15Christian Democratic Union CDU 4 240 88543 19 3 86573895 0Free Democratic Party FDP 489 2254 98 1 74000 14The Greens GRUNE 291 3792 97New000NewGerman Communist Party DKP 30 4410 31 0 22000 0The Citizens Party Burgerpartei 5 4100 06New000NewCommunist League of West Germany KBW 2 2820 02New000NewCentre Party ZENTRUM 1 5620 02 0 08000 0European Labour Party EAP 6490 01 0 00000 0Union for Concrete Environmentalism UNU 2000 00New000NewIndependent Workers Party UAP 1800 00 0 00000 0European Federalist Party EFP 920 00New000NewGreen Party of Germany GPD 380 00New000NewIndependents720 00 0 010 0 0Total9 818 518100 00 15150201 1Valid votes9 818 51899 43Invalid blank votes55 9090 57Total votes9 874 427100 00Registered voters turnout12 342 28280 00Source 1 2 External links Edit Electoral system of North Rhine Westphalia Wahlrecht de in German 15 May 2022 Retrieved 19 February 2023 We ll win ourselves to death Der Spiegel in German 18 May 1980 References Edit Minutes of the Landtag session of 4 June 1980 PDF Landtag of North Rhine Westphalia in German 4 June 1980 Notes Edit a b The CDU s original lead candidate was Heinrich Koppler who died on 20 April shortly before the election Biedenkopf was appointed to replace him Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 North Rhine Westphalia state election amp oldid 1161761848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
