West German federal election, 1969
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The 6th German federal election, 1969, was conducted on September 28, 1969, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of West Germany.
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[edit] Issues and Campaign
[edit] Results
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | |||
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| Social Democratic Party | 14,065,716 | 42.7% | +3.4% | 224 | +22 | 45.2% | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,903,422 | 5.8% | -3.7% | 30 | -19 | 6.0% | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 12,079,535 | 36.6% | -1.4% | 193 | -3 | 38.9% | |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 3,115,652 | 9.5% | -0.1% | 49 | +0 | 9.9% | |
| National Democratic Party | 1,422,010 | 4.3% | +2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| All Others | 379,689 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
| Totals | 32,966,024 | 100.0% | 496 | +0 | 100.0% | ||
[edit] Post-election
The SPD chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a coalition with the FDP instead. Willy Brandt became the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period.
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