European Parliament election, 1979 (West Germany)

  • SPD: 35
  • FDP: 4
  • CDU: 34
  • CSU: 8

Including Berlin Parliament

The European elections in Germany in 1979 was the first direct election of 78 German deputies to the European Parliament. It took place on 10 June 1979 under the EU -wide European elections in 1979. There is a choice were nine parties and other on Political organizations.

Three other German deputies were sent from West Berlin. Due to the special status of the area they were not elected directly, but by the Berlin House of Representatives.

Result

The opposition parties CDU and CSU together reached more seats than the governing SPD / FDP coalition. The Other Political Association The Greens first entered a green union at national level; Although they failed because of the restrictive clause of 5 %, the good result of 3.2 % and the resulting party funding of 4.5 million marks but led to the founding of the Federal Green Party in 1980.

In West Berlin two members of the CDU and the SPD one were elected.

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