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1998 Lower Saxony state election

FieldValue
election_name1998 Lower Saxony state election
countryLower Saxony
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1994 Lower Saxony state election
previous_year1994
next_election2003 Lower Saxony state election
next_year2003
seats_for_electionAll 157 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
majority_seats79
election_date1 March 1998
turnout4,314,932 (73.8%)
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image1[[File:Gerhardschroeder01c.jpg120px]]
leader1Gerhard Schröder
party1Social Democratic Party of Germany
last_election181 seats, 44.3%
seats183
seat_change12
popular_vote12,068,477
percentage147.9%
swing13.6%
image2[[File:Landtag Niedersachsen DSCF7769.JPG110px]]
leader2Christian Wulff
party2Christian Democratic Union of Germany
last_election267 seats, 36.4%
seats262
seat_change25
popular_vote21,549,227
percentage235.9%
swing20.5%
party3Alliance 90/The Greens
last_election313 seats, 7.4%
seats312
seat_change31
popular_vote3304,193
percentage37.0%
swing30.4%
map_image1998 Lower Saxony state election.svg
map_size350px
map_captionResults for the single-member constituencies
titleMinister-President
before_electionGerhard Schröder
before_partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
after_electionGerhard Schröder
after_partySocial Democratic Party of Germany

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The 1998 Lower Saxony state election was held on 1 March 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder was returned with an increased majority. Schröder was subsequently re-elected as minister-president.

Schröder took the election as a test run for a potential federal election in September. He said that if the SPD received less than 42 percent of the vote, he would rule out a bid to become the party's chancellor candidate. Achieving 47.9 percent of the vote, he later announced his (successful) candidacy and went on to form the first federal SPD-led government since 1982.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1994 resultVotes (%)Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany}}**SPD**Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei DeutschlandsSocial democracyGerhard Schröder44.3%
Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}**CDU**Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union DeutschlandsChristian democracyChristian Wulff36.4%
Alliance 90/The Greens}}**Grüne**Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die GrünenGreen politics7.4%

Election result

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References

Sources

References

  1. Pulzer, Peter. "The German Federal Election of 1998." West European Politics July 1999: 241–249.
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