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All 497 seats in theBundestag[a] 249 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 45,327,982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 38,225,294 (84.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal elections were held in West Germany on 25 January 1987 to elect the members of the 11thBundestag.[1] This was the last federal election held in West Germany beforeGerman reunification.
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The SPD nominatedJohannes Rau, their vice chairman and the Minister-President ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia, as their candidate for Chancellor. However, the SPD suffered from internal divisions and competition with the Greens.[citation needed] It was also unclear as to how they would form a government, as the Greens were divided over whether to take part in governments.[citation needed]
One of the major issues in this election was the environment, after theChernobyl disaster and other accidents.[citation needed]
| Party | Party-list | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Elected | West Berlin | Total | +/– | |||
| Social Democratic Party | 14,025,763 | 37.04 | 107 | 14,787,953 | 39.18 | 79 | 186 | 7 | 193 | –9 | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | 13,045,745 | 34.45 | 50 | 14,168,527 | 37.54 | 124 | 174 | 11 | 185 | –17 | ||
| Christian Social Union | 3,715,827 | 9.81 | 4 | 3,859,244 | 10.23 | 45 | 49 | 0 | 49 | –4 | ||
| Free Democratic Party | 3,440,911 | 9.09 | 46 | 1,760,496 | 4.66 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 48 | +13 | ||
| The Greens | 3,126,256 | 8.26 | 42 | 2,649,459 | 7.02 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 44 | +16 | ||
| National Democratic Party | 227,054 | 0.60 | 0 | 182,880 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ecological Democratic Party | 109,152 | 0.29 | 0 | 40,765 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Women | 62,904 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Bavaria Party | 26,367 | 0.07 | 0 | 8,024 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Responsible Citizens | 24,630 | 0.07 | 0 | 611 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Patriots for Germany | 22,732 | 0.06 | 0 | 27,352 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Centre Party | 19,035 | 0.05 | 0 | 4,020 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany | 13,422 | 0.04 | 0 | 596 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Christian Bavarian People's Party | 5,282 | 0.01 | 0 | 741 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| All Social Insurants and Pensioners | 1,834 | 0.00 | 0 | 3,151 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Free German Workers' Party | 405 | 0.00 | 0 | 349 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Humanist Party | 788 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Solidarity | 754 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Independent Workers' Party | 352 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Family Party | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Free Social Union | 110 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Independents and voter groups | 246,511 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 37,867,319 | 100.00 | 249 | 37,742,813 | 100.00 | 248 | 497 | 22 | 519 | –1 | ||
| Valid votes | 37,867,319 | 99.06 | 37,742,813 | 98.74 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 357,975 | 0.94 | 482,481 | 1.26 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 38,225,294 | 100.00 | 38,225,294 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 45,327,982 | 84.33 | 45,327,982 | 84.33 | ||||||||
| Source:Bundeswahlleiter | ||||||||||||

| State | Total seats | Seats won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | SPD | CSU | ||
| Baden-Württemberg | 37 | 36 | 1 | |
| Bavaria | 45 | 45 | ||
| Bremen | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hamburg | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Hesse | 22 | 14 | 8 | |
| Lower Saxony | 31 | 18 | 13 | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 71 | 33 | 38 | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
| Saarland | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 248 | 124 | 79 | 45 |
| State | Total seats | Seats won | ||||
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| SPD | CDU | FDP | Grüne | CSU | ||
| Baden-Württemberg | 37 | 21 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Bavaria | 42 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | |
| Bremen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hamburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hesse | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Lower Saxony | 32 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 72 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 11 | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Saarland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 249 | 107 | 50 | 46 | 42 | 4 |
The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP returned to government, withHelmut Kohl asChancellor. The Greens came into parliament for the second time and seemed to be established on federal level.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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In order to determine the composition of the East German representatives in theBundestag betweenGerman reunification and thefirst post-reunification elections in December 1990, the results of the1990 East German general election were recounted, using thenew states of Germany as constituencies. This was possible since the original election results were declared on the Kreis level, and the states were re-established by simply amalgamating Kreise together. The results in each Kreis forming a state were summed up to determine the statewide result. The recount fixed the number of Volkskammer members from each party who would be co-opted into the Bundestag elected in 1987.[2] The 22 Non-voting representatives of West Berlin already became full voting members on 8 June 1990, in advance of unification.
| State | Total seats | Seats won | |||||||
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| CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | DSU | B90/G | VL | |||
| Brandenburg | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Berlin | Total | 33 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| East | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| West | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saxony | 43 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Saxony-Anhalt | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thuringia | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total (East Germany Only) | 144 | 63 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total (Including West Berlin) | 166 | 74 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |