1983 German Federal Election
6 March 1983 · The Bonn Republic · 498 seats, 250 for a majority
The SPD/FDP coalition under Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was returned to power in the 1980 West German federal election. The coalition parties grew more and more apart over economic policies.
Chancellor before
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
244 of 498 seats
Turnout
89.1%
The result
CDU/CSU
Helmut Kohl · 48.8% of votes · +18 seats
244
seats
SPD
Hans-Jochen Vogel · 38.2% of votes · -25 seats
193
seats
FDP
Hans-Dietrich Genscher · 6.9% of votes · -19 seats
34
seats
Greens
Petra Kelly · 5.6% of votes · +27 seats
27
seats