Election Name: | 1979 European Parliament election in West Germany |
Country: | Germany |
Type: | parliamentary |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | [1] |
Next Election: | 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Seats For Election: | All 81 German seats in the European Parliament |
Turnout: | 65.7% |
Leader1: | Helmut Kohl |
Party1: | CDU/CSU |
Seats1: | 42 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,700,205 |
Percentage1: | 49.2% |
Leader2: | Willy Brandt |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Seats2: | 35 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,370,045 |
Percentage2: | 40.8% |
Leader3: | Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
Party3: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Seats3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,662,621 |
Percentage3: | 6.0% |
An election of the delegation from West Germany to the first directly elected European Parliament was held in 1979.
West Berlin, due to its special status, was ineligible to participate in the election.[2] Instead, the city legislature indirectly elected three members: