1987 German Federal Election
25 January 1987 · The Bonn Republic · 497 seats, 249 for a majority
The SPD nominated Johannes Rau, their vice chairman and the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, as their candidate for Chancellor. However, the SPD suffered from internal divisions and competition with the Greens.
Chancellor before
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
223 of 497 seats
Turnout
84.3%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Helmut Kohl | 223 | -21 | 16.761.572 | 44.3% | -4.5 | |
| SPD | Johannes Rau | 186 | -7 | 14.025.763 | 37.0% | -1.2 | |
| FDP | Martin Bangemann | 46 | +12 | 3.440.911 | 9.1% | +2.2 | |
| Greens | Petra Kelly | 42 | +15 | 3.126.256 | 8.3% | +2.7 |