German federal election, 2002
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| German federal election, 2002 | ||||
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| All 603 seats in the Bundestag | ||||
| 22 September 2002 | ||||
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| Leader | Gerhard Schröder | Edmund Stoiber | ||
| Party | SPD | CDU/CSU | ||
| Leader since | 1999 | 1999 (CSU only) | ||
| Last election | 345 (with Alliance'90/The Greens) | 288 (with FDP) | ||
| Seats won | 306 (with Alliance'90/The Greens) | 295 | ||
| Seat change | -39 | +7 | ||
| Popular vote | 22,592,874 | 22,013,162 | ||
| Percentage | 47.1% (with Alliance'90/The Greens) | 45.9% (with FDP) | ||
| Swing | -0.5% | +4.5% | ||
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The 15th German federal election, 2002 was conducted on 22 September 2002, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.
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[edit] Issues and Campaign
Several issues dominated the campaign, with the opposition CDU/CSU attacking the government's performance on the economy as well as campaigning on family values issues and against taxes (particularly on fuel). The government, on the other hand, was helped by broad support for its opposition to the Iraq War and by Gerhard Schröder's personal popularity relative to the opposition's candidate for Chancellor, CSU leader Edmund Stoiber.
[edit] Results
Although the opposition gained seats, and the result was in doubt for most of the election night, the governing coalition retained a narrow majority. In particular, the SPD was able to partially offset declines in their vote share in the West with an increase in the East, with the PDS falling below both the 5% threshold and the 3-seat threshold, either of which is required to qualify a party for top-up seats. Consequently the PDS held only two directly-elected seats.
| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage (change) | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | |||
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 18,484,560 | 38.5% | -2.4% | 251 | -47 | 41.6% | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 4,108,314 | 8.6% | +1.9% | 55 | +8 | 9.1% | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 14,164,183 | 29.5% | +1.1% | 190 | -8 | 31.5% | |
| Christian Social Union (CSU) | 4,311,513 | 9.0% | +2.2% | 58 | +11 | 9.6% | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 3,537,466 | 7.4% | +1.1% | 47 | +4 | 7.8% | |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 1,915,797 | 4.0% | -1.1% | 2 | -34 | 0.3% | |
| All Others | 1,458,471 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
| Totals | 47,980,304 | 100.0% | 603 | -66 | 100.0% | ||
[edit] Post-election
The coalition between the SPD and the Greens continued in government with Gerhard Schröder as chancellor.
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[edit] Further reading
- Pulzer, Peter (April 2003). "The devil they know: The German federal election of 2002". West European Politics 26 (2): 153–164. doi:.
