1980 German Federal Election
5 October 1980 · The Bonn Republic · 497 seats, 249 for a majority
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the SPD-FDP coalition wanted to be re-elected. The CDU/CSU candidate for Chancellor was CSU leader Franz Josef Strauß.
Chancellor before
Helmut Schmidt
SPD
Chancellor (continued)
Helmut Schmidt
SPD
Largest force
CDU/CSU
226 of 497 seats
Turnout
88.6%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Franz-Josef Strauss | 226 | -17 | 16.897.659 | 44.5% | -4.1 | |
| SPD | Helmut Schmidt | 218 | +4 | 16.260.677 | 42.9% | +0.3 | |
| FDP | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 53 | +14 | 4.030.999 | 10.6% | +2.7 |