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586:Robert Habeck
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212:Walter Scheel
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207:Rainer Barzel
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140:Second party
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72:←
68:
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40:←
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22:
16:
3966:East Prussia
3956:East Germany
3952:
3908:Lower Saxony
3869:
3726:
3655:
3392:
3379:
3366:
3353:
3320:
3314:
3296:
3290:
3275:
3139:Lower Saxony
2875:Lower Saxony
2719:
2550:Independents
2193:Constituency
2162:
2147:
2130:
2124:19 Nov 1972
2099:
2066:
2027:
2006:
1992:
1983:19 Nov 1972
1914:
1911:GĂĽnter Grass
1903:
1884:
1874:
1864:
1847:by the 1970
1840:
1833:
1815:Heinz Starke
1796:
1781:
1775:January 2014
1772:
1757:Please help
1745:
1701:West Germany
1695:
1592:Conservatism
1537:
1496:
1432:Lower Saxony
1387:
1366:
1311:
1301:
1230:
1051:
1041:
892:
882:
829:
820:
804:
796:
778:
761:
758:
751:Subdivisions
737:Other courts
729:Joint Senate
665:
658:
647:
628:
576:
550:
518:
501:Human rights
460:Politics of
448:
423:
419:
404:
397:
316:
300:
255:
202:Willy Brandt
143:Third party
137:First party
46:
15:
3888:Brandenburg
3824:Referendums
3596:1932 (July)
3286:Helmut Kohl
2665:Total votes
2619:Valid votes
2223:West Berlin
1962:Abstention
1881:Markus Wolf
1811:Erich Mende
1412:Brandenburg
1171:1932 (July)
871:Referendums
786:composition
623:Legislature
565:Olaf Scholz
487:(Basic Law)
313:Percentage
305:16,806,020
102:41,446,302
3981:Categories
3611:1933 (Nov)
3606:1933 (Mar)
3601:1932 (Nov)
3581:1924 (Dec)
3576:1924 (May)
3491:1867 (Aug)
3486:1867 (Feb)
3408:References
2998:Seats won
2983:List seats
2756:Seats won
2699:41,446,302
2691:41,446,302
2676:37,761,589
2668:37,761,589
2630:37,303,779
2622:37,459,750
2592:37,303,779
2583:37,459,750
2290:13,304,813
2281:13,190,837
2251:18,228,239
2242:17,175,169
2190:Party-list
2168:voting age
2053:Allensbach
2017:Allensbach
1836:Ostpolitik
1607:Liberalism
1578:Federalism
1186:1933 (Nov)
1181:1933 (Mar)
1176:1932 (Nov)
1156:1924 (Dec)
1151:1924 (May)
1066:1867 (Aug)
1061:1867 (Feb)
876:Coalitions
803:District (
399:Government
308:3,129,982
301:17,175,169
99:Registered
51:1972-11-19
3948:Thuringia
2368:1,790,513
2359:3,129,982
2329:3,620,625
2320:3,615,183
2093:Feb 1971
1746:does not
1705:Bundestag
1602:Far-right
1587:Communism
1472:Thuringia
853:Elections
681:Judiciary
649:Bundesrat
630:Bundestag
545:Executive
91:Bundestag
3928:Saarland
3202:Saarland
2929:Saarland
2711:Source:
1841:de facto
1727:Campaign
1556:Passport
1452:Saarland
830:Gemeinde
702:Ordinary
3953:former:
3898:Hamburg
3878:Bavaria
3424:Psephos
3337:2748609
3097:Hamburg
3057:Bavaria
2840:Hamburg
2805:Bavaria
2653:457,810
2645:301,839
2446:146,258
2437:113,891
2407:194,389
2398:207,465
2219:Elected
2159:Results
1959:Others
1860:Cologne
1767:removed
1752:sources
1422:Hamburg
1402:Bavaria
779:Landtag
760:State (
641:members
599:Cabinet
463:Germany
376:CDU/CSU
227:CDU/CSU
198:Leader
148:
134:
113:Turnout
49: (
3933:Saxony
3893:Bremen
3883:Berlin
3335:
3242:Total
3078:Bremen
2995:seats
2990:State
2964:Total
2823:Bremen
2753:seats
2748:State
2679:100.00
2671:100.00
2595:100.00
2586:100.00
2476:24,057
1934:Sample
1895:Munich
1530:Russia
1505:France
1457:Saxony
1417:Bremen
1407:Berlin
722:Social
717:Labour
712:Fiscal
604:Scholz
378:, and
353:2.6pp
345:1.2pp
337:3.1pp
329:Swing
321:44.9%
218:Party
3903:Hesse
3345:Notes
3333:JSTOR
3297:Stasi
3118:Hesse
2993:Total
2857:Hesse
2751:Total
2702:91.11
2694:91.11
2633:98.79
2625:99.20
2580:Total
2557:9,497
2524:1,864
2515:3,166
2485:7,581
2293:35.67
2284:35.21
2254:48.86
2245:45.85
2227:Total
2216:Seats
2210:Votes
2207:Seats
2201:Votes
2196:Seats
2187:Party
2135:42.7
2063:45.0
2032:45.7
1989:44.9
1965:Lead
1940:Union
1936:size
1876:Stasi
1834:Neue
1525:China
1510:Italy
1427:Hesse
805:Kreis
590:GrĂĽne
324:8.4%
317:45.8%
3857:1938
3852:1936
3847:1934
3842:1933
3837:1929
3832:1926
3814:2024
3809:2019
3804:2014
3799:2009
3794:2004
3789:1999
3784:1994
3779:1989
3774:1984
3769:1979
3751:1932
3746:1925
3727:2025
3721:2021
3716:2017
3711:2013
3706:2009
3701:2005
3696:2002
3691:1998
3686:1994
3681:1990
3676:1987
3671:1983
3666:1980
3661:1976
3656:1972
3651:1969
3646:1965
3641:1961
3636:1957
3631:1953
3626:1949
3621:1938
3616:1936
3591:1930
3586:1928
3571:1920
3566:1919
3561:1912
3556:1907
3551:1903
3546:1898
3541:1893
3536:1890
3531:1887
3526:1884
3521:1881
3516:1878
3511:1877
3506:1874
3501:1871
3496:1868
3481:1848
3248:112
3245:248
2970:152
2967:248
2728:for
2656:1.21
2648:0.80
2560:0.03
2527:0.00
2518:0.01
2488:0.02
2479:0.06
2449:0.39
2440:0.30
2410:0.52
2401:0.55
2371:4.80
2362:8.36
2332:9.71
2323:9.65
2152:3.4
2148:13.3
2144:1.2
2141:4.3
2138:5.8
2131:46.1
2096:N/A
2077:3.0
2071:6.0
2067:46.0
2047:0.8
2041:1.7
2035:6.1
2028:46.5
2011:1.9
2003:0.4
2000:0.6
1997:8.4
1993:45.8
1813:and
1805:and
1797:The
1750:any
1748:cite
1717:1930
1551:Visa
1367:2024
1361:2019
1356:2014
1351:2009
1346:2004
1341:1999
1336:1994
1331:1989
1326:1984
1321:1979
1302:Next
1296:2021
1291:2017
1286:2013
1281:2009
1276:2005
1271:2002
1266:1998
1261:1994
1256:1990
1251:1987
1246:1983
1241:1980
1236:1976
1231:1972
1226:1969
1221:1965
1216:1961
1211:1957
1206:1953
1201:1949
1196:1938
1191:1936
1166:1930
1161:1928
1146:1920
1141:1919
1136:1912
1131:1907
1126:1903
1121:1898
1116:1893
1111:1890
1106:1887
1101:1884
1096:1881
1091:1878
1086:1877
1081:1874
1076:1871
1071:1868
1042:2022
1036:2017
1031:2012
1026:2010
1021:2009
1016:2004
1011:1999
1006:1994
1001:1989
996:1984
991:1979
986:1974
981:1969
976:1964
971:1959
966:1954
961:1949
945:1957
940:1953
935:1949
919:1932
914:1925
909:1919
837:list
812:list
762:Land
557:list
371:Gray
260:225
108:7.2%
59:1976
42:1969
3325:doi
3257:17
3254:41
3251:78
3226:11
3185:15
3173:12
3170:23
3167:40
3164:75
3146:20
3143:32
3125:17
3122:25
3072:17
3066:20
3061:42
3046:16
3043:12
3040:36
3019:CSU
3014:FDP
3009:SPD
3004:CDU
2976:31
2973:65
2951:11
2915:16
2903:21
2900:52
2897:73
2882:23
2879:30
2864:20
2861:22
2817:31
2812:13
2809:44
2797:24
2794:12
2791:36
2772:CSU
2767:CDU
2762:SPD
2607:518
2601:496
2598:248
2589:248
2464:New
2386:+11
2308:–15
2305:186
2299:177
2287:112
2266:242
2260:230
2257:152
2230:+/–
2113:23
2104:33
2007:8.9
1955:NPD
1950:FDP
1945:SPD
1893:in
1827:CSU
1823:CDU
1807:FDP
1803:SPD
1801:of
1761:by
1520:USA
821:Amt
569:SPD
532:SPD
433:FDP
429:SPD
414:FDP
410:SPD
384:SPD
380:red
292:11
284:17
263:41
256:230
232:FDP
222:SPD
122:4.4
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