1998 German federal election

Federal elections were held in Germany on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Bundestag. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as the largest faction in parliament for the first time since 1972, with its leader Gerhard Schröder becoming chancellor. The Christian Democrats had their worst election result since 1949.

1998 German federal election

27 September 1998 (1998-09-27)

All 669 seats in the Bundestag
335 seats needed for a majority
Registered60,762,751 0.5%
Turnout49,947,087 (82.2%) 3.2pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gerhard Schröder Helmut Kohl Joschka Fischer
Party SPD CDU/CSU Greens
Last election 36.4%, 252 seats 41.4%, 294 seats 7.3%, 49 seats
Seats won 298 245 47
Seat change 46 49 2
Popular vote 20,181,269 17,329,388 3,301,624
Percentage 40.9% 35.1% 6.7%
Swing 4.5pp 6.3pp 0.6pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Wolfgang Gerhardt Lothar Bisky
Party FDP PDS
Last election 6.9%, 47 seats 4.4%, 30 seats
Seats won 43 36
Seat change 4 6
Popular vote 3,080,955 2,515,454
Percentage 6.2% 5.1%
Swing 0.7pp 0.7pp

The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows party list winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.

Government before election

Fifth Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSUFDP

Government after election

First Schröder cabinet
SPD–Green

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